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[quote=Anonymous]It really depends on the particular private school and what the public option is. There are about 20 private schools - mostly in NYC - that do seem to have exceptional outcomes at top 20 schools. But none of those private schools are in the DC area. As for the DC area, I think it’s a wash for unhooked students. A lot of the students at Sidwell and NCS who are accepted to the top schools have serious hooks. For unhooked students, I don’t think there’s any boost attending private compared to a bright kid from Whitman. Privates can select their students. Public schools can’t. So it’s not an equal measurement. But the top 20 percent or so of students at the W schools do just as well as the private school students in this area when it comes to college admissions. And if you have a STEM kid and are in a well-resourced high performing school district, you definitely want to go public. The privates in the DC area are not competing in this space at all.[/quote]
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