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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will tell you, I think the problem is when the kids coming from publics, where they were not in heated competition with a large part of the rest of their class, tend to have a problem is when they are suddenly in at an elite college and not a shining star for the first time and/or the first time they fail at something in college. Kids coming from top privates have usually had both things happen to them before and have learned how to deal. Kids at the top at a middle road public rarely do. I speak from experience.[/quote] I speak from the opposite experience -I went to a big 3 and struggled the first year of college. I found the big 3 experience more demoralizing than humbling. My DC went to MCPS and had an easy transition to a competitive college. [/quote]
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