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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]

The top students who need aid are more likely to get into their first choice school with financial aid or a school with merit aid. Middling students are going to have fewer merit aid options. So while the two groups are not mutually exclusive, when it came down to where they applied there seemed to be a difference.[/quote]

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