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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how these people argue that:

1. Private school parents seek status.

2. Private schools do WORSE in college admissions than public schools.

If these parents seek status, why would they send their kid somewhere that makes it HARDER for their kid to get into an elite college?

That would work against the very thing you argue these parents want.[/quote]

Because it is an illusion? [/quote]

So these people can’t look at matriculation stats? Are they blind? [/quote]

Not Blind at all.  Yes, on average, top private schools might do a bit better for their top 20% students. But still, a top student at Montgomery-Blair or Walls might have a higher chance of getting into an Ivy than a top student at GDS or Maret. The bottom 50% is even harder to predict. 
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The magnet schools are not a reasonable comparison.

Look at regular public schools. [/quote]

But the magnet schools are free. [/quote]

But almost no one goes to them. They’re also tailor-made for STEM acceleration. They’re very specialized.

Private school aren’t specialized like that. It’s apples to oranges to compare private schools to STEM magnets.

So it’s a better comparison to look at private schools vs regular public schools. [/quote]

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