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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Better college counseling [/quote]

Why do people keep posting that you get into better colleges if you go public?[/quote]

My local public high school would send 15-20% of the class to college. The private school I attended sent 100%. It creates a different environment. [/quote]

Maybe, but that 15-20 going gets a huge bump in class rank where as the bottom 50% of the private end up being ranked in the bottom 50%. It doesn't matter for every school, but being in the top 20% or higher does matter for a lot of colleges. [/quote]

Private schools don't usually rank the class. When you look at a college's common data set and see things like 90% of enrolled students were in the top 10% of their high school class, you also have to look at the number at the bottom that says only 32% of enrolled students submitted a class rank. It isn't a factor in admissions for most private school applicants because ranking doesn't make sense in that context.[/quote]

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