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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our public school college and career admissions counselor has lectured parents several times about “equity” and how college admissions committees are trained to screen out students who had “pay to play” opportunities.  She gave the example of high test scores due to tutoring, a non-profit, international service trips and expensive enrichment opportunities.

But here’s the thing.  What I spend on my child to prep for the SAT is a tiny tiny fraction of what some parents spend for a private high school.

Curious as to others thoughts.  [/quote]

This post is quite amusing because it only proves that the college counseling at public schools is subpar.

Pay to play does not include tutoring because there is no way for an admissions officer to know if a high score is due to tutoring.

Private high schools actually have an advantage because the [b]counseling is much better[/b] and students are known to be better prepared for college and they don't have the level of grade inflation of public schools.[/quote]

LOL - so - this is not the case at our competitive DMV private![/quote]

You don't know how bad and impersonal it can be at large size public schools. Warehouse style.[/quote]

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