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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am confused as to why this is more of an issue at private schools. At public schools, dozens of kids apply to the same competitive schools and the chips fall where they may. There isn’t the same level of ownership over the process. Everyone knows they have zero control and they have a “might as well try” attitude. [/quote] It’s an issue at some privates because families are paying and many expect a return on their investment. That’s not the case at public school. In addition, private families appear to prefer top private colleges and they all have low acceptance rates. [/quote] And those selective private universities tend to prefer high performing kids from good public schools. Compare the college lists from the W schools to the privates. If elite college acceptances are the goal, it's a very poor return on investment [/quote] Huh? The private schools still have better matriculation on a per capita basis. Rich or upper middle class kids are not an institutional priority at any school, public or private, unless they are donors or legacy. Smart kids from poor rural or urban districts are in demand.[/quote] And there are more and more qualified public school kids than ever. They outnumber kids in private schools by a wide margin. There will always be the NYC private schools and New England prep schools who send an impressive amount of students to Ivy leagues. There’s also the science public schools around the country who only take top students who are sending an impressive amount to MIT and other top schools. All things considered with GPAs, tests etc being equal, mediocre private schools probably have the least desirable student. [/quote] If you say so, you obviously have a huge chip on your shoulder. All I know is that the private schools I send my kids to have far better matriculation than our local public schools. [/quote] Your private school is doing better than your local public school. But That’s a very tiny percentage of students applying. With the relatively new public schools for math and sciences and other magnet public high schools that you need to test to get in, there’s a lot more competition for seats at places like MIT or Ivy League. AP classes are more available in the poorer communities. If there were two student applicants, same GPA, same AP classes, same test scores. One came from a private school and one came from an urban school with a low rate of graduation then I would say that the student from the urban school had the edge. Private school student would have tutors, prep classes for testing, small classes, excellent teachers, access to the best extra activities. The student who went to the failing urban school and managed to get those types of scores is extraordinary. [/quote]
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