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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you’re overestimating the importance of stellar ECs for anything other than the most elite college admissions.

On the other side of the ledger, private school parents on here saying that their schools don’t have grade inflation are also wrong (just look at the average GPAs) on the profiles for private schools, where B+ is the norm) and kids from the best privates aren’t getting into top colleges because the schools allow them to pad ECs.  It’s because they practice selective admissions and the typical student arrives with innate abilities and scores higher on standardized tests etc.

Private schools aren’t not winning the elite college admissions battle because their kids have more impressive ECs.   Nope.  [/quote]

Almost private schools have pools of students who are a near certain T20 admit.

1. They offer scholarships to students who are going to do great in T20 admissions - high performing athletes, high performing students in various academic fields, low income/minority students who do very well academically, etc.

2. Students whose parents attended T20, are rich and spend $100k+ on admissions.

These are the students who are going to have the same outcomes wherever they study public or private. These may represent 25% of the student body. The other 75% of private schools students are going to have the same exact outcome if they studied in public.

My child was offered a scholarship because a coach noted DC's performance at an academic competition and wanted DC to be part of their team. We declined. DC now at a HYPSM.

My neighbor's kid was an exceptional athlete and was recruited at a T20 for a sport. She was offered a scholarship at a private school starting in 10th grade and she accepted that.[/quote]

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