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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HS because college counseling, which should begin as early as 9th grade (with practice PSATs), is absolutely abysmal at most public HSs.[/quote]

Having had kids in private and public high schools  I agree that college counseling is weaker in public. But you can buy outside college counseling for a lot less than $35k/year. And at least at our public there is far more standardized test prep than at the 2 private schools I am very familiar with.  Our public school starts the PSAT in 9th and does it in school and it's mandatory for all 9th-11th graders (it's today in fact).  Our private school did it in 10th on Saturday and it was not mandatory, although obviously most kids took it. Outside SAT tutors are pretty much the norm at our public school too. The overall college focus is extremely high at our public school. The college counselors start parent meetings in 10th grade.  What you get less of is the personalized time with the counselors because there just aren't enough of them.  [/quote]

Maybe at the Walt Whitman, TJs, and Blair you have mandatory PSATs, but *most* public HS do not.[/quote]

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