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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think private parents underestimate how strong public kids can be and there are so many of them with perfect GPA, perfect test score, tons of ECs...etc. Free education doesn't mean they are somehow less qualified than private kids. [/quote]

There are brilliant kids in public school. The difference is that private school rewards the brilliant kids with As. It does not reward smart kids with As. The smart kids just get Bs. There are no weighted averages in private schools that can bring a 3.5 up to 4.0.  In the top private schools there are few if any AP classes because it is assume that every class carries enough rigor to allow a kid to score on the AP.

This is not a comparison of the best students in public v. best students in private because I agree, that's silly. The very best students in public would probably be among the very best in private. This is a discussion about the kids in the second and third tier. [/quote]

Most of the privates only take smart kids so they aren't going to give everyone A's or it would look bad for them.

BUT, depending on the situation too, public schools have more advantages, especially when kids can start Algebra/advanced math sooner.  I wanted to switch my kid to private in MS, but all the ones I talked to wouldn't or couldn't have kids starting algebra in 6th except if we paid extra/outside class (which we already did every summer).[/quote]

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