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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

Lots of good suggestions here. We have a little bit of time and I'm going to discuss a major change with him or else change what schools he's targeting. He's completely delusional, he wanted to focus on Top 20s and have a couple Top 50s as his "back up"... I told him Top 50s needed to be his reaches.

A neighbor of ours had their son from public get into CalTech and because of the college placement from his private school, my son believes some of these schools are more attainable than they truly are. However, college placement is important to his school and I think even if he won't listen to me, they'll get through to him that he needs some other choices.  [/quote]
So, he thinks that a high achieving public school student is the same as a 3.6 from private school?

Do you know what the neighbor's stats and activities were like?  That might help with the comparison, and where your DS stands.[/quote]

My son thinks a 3.6 from private is good enough and maybe even better than a 4.0 from public. There is no comparison to DS and our neighbors kid. Neighbor is incredibly academic, straight As, many APs, all around wonderfully smart and articulate and URM. My son is... Let's just say, "well-rounded" and not short on confidence, he plays one sport seriously, with a revolving door of other activities, very social and only really applies himself to classes he believes are important. [/quote]

Your well rounded son will probably do just fine in life. But I do love to see the private schools indoctrinate their students about how they are already "college level" in high school. The crap I have to listen to from these parents. Then when the SATs come in at 1250, its "well, bad testers or they teach more independant thought" at said 60K a year private school. HAHA. Then college. Often drop outs or ending up a T200 schools, and yet they STILL believe their kid "went to college in high school". The sales job on these parents is astounding. Granted the top private school students do get the express train to the good schools through their AO connections but many of the average students are still telling themselves how smart they are - while at a school no one ever heard of.  I thought eventually they would wake up when the public kids sailed past them into better schools and internships and jobs, but god love them, they are resolute.[/quote]

You should write a novel…fiction suits you. [/quote]

Wow, lots of private school parents overpaying on this thread! Sorry, yes, your snowflake got their college degree in HS and are now about to trounce the public school kids. :) Let me know how that goes! Please report back on snowie in 6 years![/quote]

PP, you’re a nut with a giant chip on her should. I’m an NP, btw. Have taught both public and private. Have had kids in both. [b]Private school is college level in high school.[/b] Private school has grade deflation, not inflation like public. Private school does not offer fluff classes, or allow just any kid into honors classes. The GPAs do not translate the same. The are facts. You’ve obviously only had recent experience with public. [/quote]

:lol: This would imply that ALL private school kids are smarter than public school kids and they got in because of that and not because of daddy's deep pockets. This is not borne out by SAT or college outcomes. If you disagree, I'd like to see research point out to the 'intellectual superiority' of private school kids.

In case you didn't know, College level in HS is called AP. Of course, you'd know that if really taught anywhere.. :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

There are a lot more public school kids in America. 
As a sheer percentage then, there are a lot of public school kids with less than stellar academic achievement. Many more, percentage wise, than private (where you are kicked out or get crazy remedial help at a 3.3 or 3.2)…..
Facts.
It’s just a #s game. [/quote]

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