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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Husband and I graduated from our state flagship and the private and Catholic school kids ran circles around everyone in the classroom and socially. I went to "one of the best" public schools in the state and could not keep up. They were on a different level. [b]Anyone pinching pennies when it comes to kindergarten through 12th education for an alleged better roll of the dice with Ivies is frankly an idiot[/b].[/quote]

They're an idiot because there is no better roll at a DMV public.  If you ever review the admits from Whitman, Wilson, Mclean, etc. something like 98% of the Ivy admits are legacy, athletes or URM.  THE SAME FREAKING demographics as the private school admits.  THERE IS NO MAGIC IVY-BOUND HIGH SCHOOL FOR WHITE OR [b]ASIAN[/b] KIDS.  Except many some of the NE boarding schools?
But actually I'm sure it's the same story there.  More admits but they're probably also legacies, URM, athletes plus some Ivy faculty kids thrown in.  [/quote]

At least in the DC area, there aren't a lot of Asians in private high schools. Mainly public. Same for families from India[/quote]

Isn't it interesting how public schools are still working for asian and indian kids???

interesting how you never hear asian parents saying public schools are not a good fit for their children the way you hear it from white parents on this forum. LOL![/quote]

There may be a lot of reasons that Asian families don’t choose private school.  It could be that if college admission are the same they don’t see the value. It may not be culturally acceptable/the norm.  It could be they don’t have the money.  It could be a host of other reasons.  Asian families are not a monolith.  BTW, I think you would see in other cities that many Asian kids do attend private  (like San Francisco or NY).  It could definitely be a factor of the particular communities in the DC area or the public schools here.[/quote]
I feel like I need to “actually” the PPP, but there are a lot of Asian (assuming that this is both East and South Asian?) kids at the elite private schools, particularly the ones with more brand recognition. [/quote]

NCS, Holton, STA and Potomac have tons of Asian kids - both E and S. [/quote]

Potomac parent here. Your statement is inaccurate. [/quote]

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