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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with private school and top college admissions is that colleges are going to take the top academic kids from each school. So if you are middle of the pack at private you are behind the top public school kids in the pecking order.  And by the time admissions goes through the top public school kids all of the seats are allocated. So the bottom 70% of private school kids are at a disadvantage. I think that is the issue in a nutshell.[/quote]

I have a kid in a Big 3, so I say this against interest, but the top kids at the top public high schools in this area (and there are at least a dozen), including the magnets like Blair/Poolesville SMCS/CAP, TJ, RMIB, etc., are going to be more than competitive against the  "middle of the pack at private."  Why people think it should be otherwise is beyond me.  Those top public school kids as a group (and it's a large group) are going to be competitive against the top kids at the top privates, including the one our kid attends.  And plenty of them have as many hooks.

I wish it were otherwise, but every year I interview for my HYP alma mater, and I am blown away by the qualifications of the kids who do not get in.  [/quote]

But but but what are we paying all this money for at NCS?[/quote]

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