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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the top high school students at public would be middle of the class at a top private.[/quote]

If you look at the area public schools (including DCPS) you see a bunch of Presidential Scholars which means nearly perfect SAT scores (believe 1580 at least) and all in one sitting.

You really think those kids will be middle of the class at private schools?[/quote]

Some would still be top of class, but a lot wouldn’t.[/quote]
dp.. how would you even know this? Based on anecdotes?  Your statement is ironic given the topic.[/quote]

College admissions offices agree with me, even if you don’t.[/quote]

Your comment doesn’t even make sense.  We are discussing public school kids with nearly perfect SAT scores…they are definitely faring better than middle of the road private kids and equal to top private kids.

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Haha that made me laugh.  If you think that, then good for you.[/quote]

Well I think PP you’re replying to is basically correct.  I don’t think the middle 25-50th percentile at a top private (that isn’t an elite boarding school or Harvard-Westlake or Dalton) gets as good a college outcome as the very top (top 2-3%) of a public school.  But probably as well as those around the 10-15%.  But  feel like a broken record, I don’t really care about perceived worse outcome for college. Because the middle of the pack kids from our private crush it wherever they go to college.  I compare what my DS does in HS to what his old MS friends and our neighbors do in FCPS and it’s not even close who’s getting better prepared.   [/quote]

Interesting anecdote. My DS, a t20 university student now, definitely received better preparation in high school (FCPS IB) than the prep school kids he's surrounded by, all of whom flounder without constant hand-holding and one-on-one attention. Time management is something they especially struggle with. Professors won't negotiate with them about grades, and they can't believe it.[/quote]

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