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[quote=Anonymous]The real answer is that it's very difficult to know.  Poster after poster is throwing out bullshit and treating it as fact, but nobody has been approaching this scientifically.

For example, yes, it's true that at the very top colleges there are a disproportionately high number of private school kids.  But no one is controlling for (a) legacies, (b) major donors, or most importantly (c) who is actually applying to these schools.  Many public school family just don't have the interest or don't think they have the money for these schools so they don't even apply.

Why do you think everyone insists that applying to an Ivy from a podunk high school in Nebraska can give a student an edge?  Because no one applies to Ivies from podunk schools in Nebraska.

You're also not differentiating between acceptances and matriculations.  There are posters here saying, for example, that private schools do better with lower top 20 or top liberal arts college admissions.  These posters are just looking at matriculation numbers, however.  They're not taking into account the possibility -- indeed, the likelihood -- that public school kids are turning down admissions offers to these schools for less expensive options.

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