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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

So much. Beautiful facilities and campus, involved and like minded parents, class trips, sports travel trips for spring break, small classes, one on one time with advisors 10-1 ratio, cathedral services, college like athletic facilities, no metal detectors to get into campus, Being in class with students pretty much on the same academic level, where being smart is cool, and so much more. The academics and writing are top notch and our public school in dc is riddled with violence and kids doing drugs at school in the bathroom. Yes it’s true several friends left because of it. No comparison here. [/quote]

Because it is an elite school + the women will be leaders of tomorrow instead of taking a back seat to the boys in public + private schools. If all you want is an "Mrs."- stick with something easier.[/quote]

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