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[b]Having had kids in both public and private there is a big difference in UMD applications. At DCs private school very few applied to UMD, and it was usually kids needing in-state tuition and not necessarily top students. Only 1-2 a year actually go, if that. At DCs Bethesda public school at least 50% of the seniors (so 250 kids) applied to UMD and a large group actually went. There was definitely a snobbery about it in the private school, it was not seen as a desirable choice. At our public school it was a place kids wanted to go and most of the top students at least applied. 
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So I suspect the private school kids who aren't getting in are not necessarily strong candidates, plus UMD knows they don't have a great track record with some of the private schools.[/quote]

This is a very useful insight. The only troubling aspect is that you equate needing in-state tuition with not being a "top" student. Are the two mutually exclusive? Surely you get top students who need in-state tuition as well as those who are not top.[/quote]

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