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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really think college outcomes have very little to do with which DMV-area private school a kid is in. A kid capable of getting into Yale is going to be capable of getting into Yale from Sidwell or SSSAS. A kid who really loves the College of Charleston is going to go there from NCS or Flint Hill. [/quote]

This is true; it is kid dependent. However for some reason there are more kids at a school like flint hill who live a school like the college of Charleston, than there are at ncs

Coincidence ?[/quote]

I have a hard time believing there are so many fewer capable kids at an expensive school like SSSAS. I’m not buying that narrative.[/quote]

Bizarre logic - there are a lot of bad expensive schools. SSSAS a local school whose student body is not remotely competitive with the top schools in the DMV. Completely different leagues. [/quote]

I only mentioned expensive because it means it isn’t a socioeconomic or school resource factor, and that the students have access to all of the resources from home and at school that kids at other schools have.

The point is that there is a huge gap between college outcomes there and elsewhere. Last year they sent 8 out of 111 kids to USNWR T20 schools. Around 7 percent. What is that number at comparable privates? A third? I don’t believe that gap is explained solely by capability in rising 9th graders.

Your blind assertion about perceived “leagues” doesn’t tell us anything. Clearly there are reasons why some DC-based schools may attract higher caliber kids on average, but the difference in college outcomes is massive, including with other VA schools like Potomac. And clearly schools that accept kids as early as K don’t simply have 9th grade classes filled with unique superstars. It seems likely there are school-specific factors at play.[/quote]

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