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I agree with most of what you stated and think that if Ivy is your goal then unless you know your child is going to be in the top 10% of their class in private that you are probably better transfering to a public.  Your kid will still be in the top % but will probably have fewer legacies to compete with and it might increase their overall chances of getting in.  Where I disagree with you is that the top 10% of students in Montgomery County or most public HS, even elite ones, get into Ivy leagues.  Even with a lot of legacies you are probably looking at 10 or 30 students max attending Ivy league schools.  I'm sure they went to great schools but there is no way the top 10 % in the large schools in Montgomery County go to Ivy league schools, that could be 200 students.[/quote]

These posts are consistent with our experience in private and public schools.  There were smart, striving kids in both places, and not-so-much striving in both places. My kids went on from private ES to top publics in MoCo, and the kids there are really very good academically and in terms of work ethic.

IMO, a lot of top public school kids go to UMD instead of Ivies because of the money -- their parents can't afford either 30K/year for private school, or to send their kids to Ivies. Driving my kids to various things, I've been to many tiny colonials in marginal areas of Silver Spring, where the families are happy and working hard, but the choice for these kids is probably going to be UMD, barring a scholarships. Or, we know a few kids who got really generous scholarships at 2nd-tier schools.

I agree with the PP that we know lots of public school parents with Ivy degrees, including HYP, so I'm not sure there's a clear advantage to public schools in terms of less competition from the legacy kids.[/quote]

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