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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From the college's perspective, it's all about the individual and what they made of their high school experience. Not what the high school made of the student.

My DC is still in (private) middle school but I interview a lot of college applicants for my Ivy alma mater. There are many tremendously accomplished students in public schools. In fact, a large majority of Ivy students are from public schools. In the Washington area, extremely well qualified applicants from public schools vastly outnumber the entire student bodies of the independent college preparatory high schools. Frankly, high SATs and 4.0+ GPAs are pretty common and you can't really differentiate kids based on numbers alone. Once they cross the general threshold they're in the pool and their whole file is read carefully. A smart bright kid is likely to be in the pool regardless of their high school but most of the kids in the pool are going to get rejected. What sets an applicant apart is a passion for something that drives their achievement. And a high schooler can find that anywhere.

Thank you for this wonderul post.  I think this sums up the situation entirely.  It really is NOT the school but the student and what they make of themselves in high school and what they can demonstrate to the college they're applying what they can do if/once accepted to that school.

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