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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Feeder school aka mostly private [/quote]

lol facts say otherwise 
Public’s do better overall [/quote]

Not this year[/quote]

Always. Even a school like Landon that’s not a Big 3 had much, much better college placements than any public school in the area.[/quote]

Fwiw, I’m not sure how people can make general statements on admissions without knowing every public school. For example, our public had more than a handful of kids get into ivies this year but go with scholarships at lower ranked schools. Normally this might happen with a couple, but I can think of at least six. So while the instagram may look like it was a slow year for admissions, in reality it was a great year for Ivy admissions but kids are making different choices on where they want to be.[/quote]

**Sigh** This is such a tired and baseless argument. I know you don’t want facts to interfere with your opinions, but here goes:

Last year, 353 MoCo public school students, across 10 public schools, applied to Harvard. Only 4 were admitted. Last year, GDS sent 6 students to Harvard, and Sidwell sent 4 (out of fewer than 39 Sidwell applicants).

https://bethesdamagazine.com/2024/09/17/where-do-moco-students-attend-college/

This is a list of high schools that sent the most students to Princeton for the Classes of 2003–16. Although public schools comprise the vast majority of high schools in this country, they are dwarfed by private schools on this list:

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2024/12/princeton-data-admissions-trends-decline-high-schools-feeder

That’s just a couple of examples from two highly selective universities. Colleges will become even more focused on well-prepared full-pay private school students in the wake of this administration’s funding cuts. [/quote]

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