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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are plenty of diverse and lower overall performing schools your kids could go to in this area as well, you just refuse to live in those areas.

My parents stupidly sent me to private school, which was super competitive, rather than send me to my decent but diverse local public school. I could have been in the top of my class there, and participated in lots of cool ECs too.

You too can send your kids to decent schools with lots of poorer local people and have your kids excell. But, like my parents, you choose not to. [/quote]

Why do you assume that you’d be top of the class at your local public? [/quote]

They would not have been at the top of their local public, that is what they like to think.[/quote]

Some of these private schools take only top, top students, whereas public takes everyone.  It’s harder to be top 10% of a group of kids who would be top 10% anywhere rather than top 10 of a school that takes everyone (even a well performing UMC suburban school has special needs and low performing students as part of the class).  Does it mean their kid would be valedictorian in public?  Not necessarily but they would likely be top 10%.

You know how people talk about kids who go to top colleges and for the first time they are not the smartest kid in the room?  That is what it is like at certain ultra competitive private schools.  My kid went to one (not in DC).  The acceptance rate was below 10%.  [/quote]

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