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B-CC is a highly ranked neighborhood HS like New Trier (IL), Shaker Heights (OH), etc. that send students to elite colleges and [b]even
to state schools, like where you went.[/b]
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I'm guessing that you meant this as an insult. I don't perceive it as an insult, though. If "elite colleges" teach their graduates to type gratuitous (and incorrectly-punctuated) insults to imaginary people on an Internet message board, that's a future opportunity I'd like my children to do without.[/quote]

NP here: Check out Bethesda Magazine (this sumer's education issue). Every year it publishes the college acceptances for all the Bethesda and Silver Spring high schools. Around 30 B-CC students are accepted to the ivies every year (out of a class size of about 450). So percentage-wise not as impressive as STA but still very respectable. [/quote]

BCC is a pretty diverse school, economically. Not all the kids can afford $60K/year for an ivy, although many families earn enough to be disqualified for financial aid. Contrast that to STA where every single kid is applying to college and most families already have a track record of paying $35K/year, more if they have more than one kid in private.[/quote]

Exactly. My guess is anywhere between 5-15 graduating seniors actually choose to attend one of the ivies every year, much less than the acceptance rate. [/quote]

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