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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.   
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I've heard the same. Sometimes I've heard this expressed as, "to whom much is given, much is expected" by selective colleges. I'd be interested in any convincing evidence that students from elite private schools are largely exempt from the hoops of "passion" and "hooks" that students in other privates and the publics have to jump through. But looking at the recent experience of DC's senior friends at area Top 3s and publics, I don't see much unexplained (i.e., after accounting for legacy, athletics and other hooks) differences in college outcomes.[/quote]

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