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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Helpful discussion as I'm deciding whether to send DS to public or private HS.

My nephews both graduated from JR in recent years and both were accepted at EVERY top state school they applied to (UCLA, UNC, Michigan, Wisconsin...). Several of their friends were accepted at ivies, no hooks (all UMCs not URMs). In addition to high GPAs (many AP classes) and solid test scores, my nephews joined non-competitive athletics -- crew, track, and football (bencher) -- and participated in after school activities like newspaper and yearbook all 4 years. They both think their extracurriculars put them over the top.

But across the river in NoVA, my friends' kids with over-4.0 GPAs, high test scores, athletics and extracurriculars did not fare so well when applying to VA and MD state schools.  :( 
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Results have not been as good in recent years--too many kids with top grades so it's random for all .  I know a lot of UMC kids who were shut out from
top 50 schools.  The Ivy spots in 20 and 21 went to all URM or crew kids (and crew were basically all Cornell).  Still not bad but the golden years of being a white kid at JR and waltzing in to a top school have passed.  [/quote]

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