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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whatever you choose, try to choose a smaller, less rigorous school. It’s easier to shine and rise to the top there, and stand out as “one of the best” in the teacher rec forms. Do not seek out the most prestigious, rigorous high schools!!![/quote]

I am applying to privates for my younger child (my older is in public school) and one is smaller less rigorous, hoping they can stand out more.  But my concern is the college matriculation list looks weaker and its hard to know if that is bc teacher recs aren't great or the counseling advice or kids are weaker?  [/quote]

I am in the same boat. My child is excelling at a good but not great private. They send their share to Ivy+ but most of those have hooks (we have some good legacy hooks but aren't big donors so not sure how far those will go, plus they might be a little too hard to get into - wish we had gone to slightly less competitive colleges!). But there are a lot of very average schools on the list. We did not target TT private high schools as we wanted a sane HS experience, but at times I wonder if we should have pushed harder.[/quote]

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