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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It depends on the private school. I think private schools do place better for ivy/t20. However, public school kids likely have an advantage at flagship publics that like high gpa. Publics have more grade inflation and inflated gpa due to weighted gpa and heavy AP curriculum. Lots of pressure for perfection at public hs whereas private kids dont have that expectation. At our private, we have zero AP courses and few kids have perfect gpa's and all place very well, even the kids that aren't very strong. Our private has rigor, a strong curriculum that colleges know and a solid track record of kids doing well. Lots of opportunities for kids to distinguish themselves academically.  Yes, school has legacy, urm, and wealthy donors. But we are neither (we got financial aid from the hs), [b]and my smart, interesting kid is now at an Ivy and I don't think they would be there now if they went to public. [/b]Also, small classes mean teachers really know kids, kids are expected to lead discussions, etc. I think the exception might be for math/stem where public magnet school kids do very well in admission to top stem programs (mit, engineering, etc). I think public kids can distinguish themselves but they have to put in the effort to find opportunities where they can showcase their strengths. . [/quote]

Same with my college freshman who is also at an Ivy after attending a top private for high school. She is very smart but she did not have perfect grades and she did not have an extensive resume. [b]There was no way if she had attended Langley or similar that she would have taken 16 APs and done research and had 2 internships etc. [/b]By attending private she was able to get into an Ivy with pretty regular extracurriculars and even a few Bs. [/quote]

DP.  As a Langley parent, I have to ask where you're getting your information that this is what top students do to get into top colleges?  "16 APs, research, and internships" - what on earth are you talking about?  It's pretty unheard of for most high schoolers to get internships or "do research" (presumably with professors??), and I don't even think it's possible to take 16 APs.  Please at least get your facts straight before making these outlandish claims.[/quote]

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