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[quote=Anonymous]The percentage of kids from the Big 3 and privates going to the top tier school will always be hugely exponentially higher than those at the public schools. Just by size, 5 students from a class of xx at whichever private vs. 5 out of 500 from Jackson Reed or the MoCo or Fairfax publics. Walls is smaller but it's also (whether you want to admit it or not) a population of kids very similar to those at most DMV top privates - and they are well known for their grade deflation (ie. few kids ever get straight As vs. like 20% do a schools like the W's in MoCo, which ended up burning their admissions for years since the kids were nearly indistinguishable) The admissions officers know the DMV schools very well and know how to calibrate. 
They also know the schools in the major hubs where students come from all around the country (like Phila and Boston and NYC, etc...) The bigger admissions factor changes as I understand it from my Ivy alma matter seems to be they dropped the SAT and also are hyper focused on greater inclusion and diversity of kids that have different types of experiences and backgrounds, so there's more different 'competition' than the best privates from DC vs. the other best privates.[/quote]

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