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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a very hard time believing that the top 10 or 20 percent of MCPS graduates (for example) are consistently getting admitted to the so-called top colleges.[/quote] Exactly. If a typical MCPS class is about 800 kids, that would be 80 or 160 kids, which seems unlikely. [/quote] It's not. The top 10% of public school graduates is not equivalent to the top 10% at an elite private school. The private school admits only the top x% of its applicant pool, which is itself a top y% of the general public (since these kids have parents who care enough to make the application, even irrespective of HHI). This is why its so hard to answer OP's question, since it would take a lot of data and number crunching to compare apples to apples. [/quote]
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