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[quote=Anonymous]Sure you may look on some instagram page where 3 kids out of 50 from one private go to Ivy League and compare with the huge public school of 500 students where “only” 15 get that outcome. You’d have to control for other factors like family education, income, etc to be able to draw a conclusion that privates have better admissions.

There are studies that actually look at this:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0272775710001196

The benefit is equivalent to getting 20 point more on the SAT, and it’s mostly driven by better admissions outcomes for girls and low income students. It’s statistically significant but not exactly huge.

University of California published data that shows there’s some small benefit for privates for admission over the entire UC system, but
no significant benefit for admission to UC Berkeley or UCLA.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2023/uc-admissions-acceptance-rates/

Privates may offer some small advantage in admissions, but are definitely not the golden ticket some claim. Also keep in mind the cost of that advantage in tuition over 4 years. 
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