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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Attending a competitive private school probably does hurt your chances overall. A bright, motivated kid will stand out from the pack more at a public school. Ivy League schools will reach a bit farther into a private school class, but not that far.

Private schools are also juggling a lot of competing priorities. Competitive universities will only take so many from a single secondary school, and the counselors can only push for a few at each university. Your application to UPenn might be sacrificed on the altar of the ambitions of a child of a major donor. Private schools even limit applications, so the strategy of aiming for several reach schools might not be an option.

[b]The kid who benefits from private school is the kid who is sensitive to his environment. In a school full of self-starters, he'll adopt that posture. If he is surrounded by stoners, or kids who aren't pushing themselves, that's the route he'll tak[/b]e.[/quote]

I would say that 99% of teenagers are pretty sensitive to their environment. My anecdotal evidence is that it helps, and doesn't hurt, to come from a well-regarded private school. A big factor is that your child is more likely to be surrounded by hard-working classmates that will push them to work harder.  Private schools also tend to be smaller, so they offer more chances to do the extracurriculars that will make for a more interesting application.[/quote]

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