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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your child was accepted at an elite college, I’d be interested in your honest opinion as to whether your child would have been accepted at that school if they had attended a private school other than the one they attended?  If not, what was it about the private school they attended that made a difference and is unique to their school (i.e., not available at other area private schools)?

I ask because I think that most children accepted at an elite college could have made it into that same college from any of the top private high schools in this area.  I say this because most students that get into elite colleges get in either because they are smart and a good student and/or because they have some hook (legacy, diversity, athletics) separate from the high school they attended.

Please identify the school and use whatever definition of "elite" you'd like.
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This is such a bizarre question.  Why does the OP think people who send their kids to private school care if their kids would have gotten into an elite college even if they had gone to public school?  If the OP is trying to decide whether or not to send her kid to private school based on the answers she receives, she really doesn't understand private school and she should send her kid to public school.  Your kid will do just fine in public school, and have plenty of opportunity to do the kinds of things that will help her get into an elite college.  Of course, if she wants to save money on high school, she should also consider saving money on college and bias the elite colleges.  Her kid can also do just fine in life, in making money, in getting a fantastic job, from a public college.[/quote]

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