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[quote=Anonymous]Here’s my 2 cents. The top of a public HS with string rest scores will do just as well as one from a top private, possibly better. As it is, those universities are rejecting more than 90% of applicants so it’s hard to say there is a more than chance involved among that stratosphere. Where I see the difference is the next tier. My DC’s small, rigorous private sends kids from the middle 50% to still great, but not T25, colleges. VT, Bates, Grinnell, Case Western, RPI, UMD, NYU, Wake Forest, BC, W&M, Villanova, etc. All that said, we didn’t pick this private with the goal of increasing the odds of getting into a rejective college. We did it because the curriculum is rigorous across the board and we wanted to have DC prepared for wherever they go, even if it means DC will end up at an “lower ranked” college than they otherwise might have. DC has become a strong writer. Something DC was absolutely NOT getting in public middle school. [/quote]
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