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The evidence shows private schools are overrepresented at top colleges. 30-40% of Ivy League students come from private schools.[/quote]

Thats funny because I see a ton of posts on the college forum about this private school kid and that private school kid applying for and getting denied by Harvard and Princeton, and they're instead looking at Hamilton or Bates or Notre Dame.

Being at Georgetown Visitation or Sidwell is no guarantee of future placement.  Coworker of mine who is one of the practice group co chairs was bemoaning the fact that his son was having to settle for Tulane (total nix from the Ivies - despite dad's pedigree).[/quote]

If you’re a Sidwell student and the best school you can get into is Tulane, you’re likely in the bottom quarter of the class. Nothing against Tulane, but the students it’s getting from Sidwell are usually not scholars (not necessarily dumb, just not hard workers). [/quote]

They sent at least 8 last year to Tulane and I know for a fact that it was first choice/ ED/ only-school-they-wanted for at least 2 or 3 of them. Not bottom quarter of the class, either. You underplay the appeal of Tulane to the typical 17 YO.[/quote]

I didn’t say that none of the Sidwell students wanted Tulane as their first choice. Two things can be true at the same time. I have two children in the US, and the students who tend to go to Tulane are widely known to not be high academic performers (the same with Syracuse and BC…yes, BC). I’m not saying there aren’t exceptions, but those exceptions are rare. [/quote]

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