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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The seven top private schools in the area issued a joint statement that they’re all eliminating AP.  According to the Post, before “dropping AP, the schools surveyed nearly 150 colleges and universities about the potential impact. They said admission officers assured them the change would not hurt the chances of their students.”

Of course it won’t.  Privilege begets privilege.  [/quote]

As a public school parent, this strikes me as privileged parents gaming the system so their children can never be compared directly to public school children. Colleges will just be told to trust them that their classes — and their children — are superior.[/quote]

Hate to break it to you but the private school kids typically take many fewer AP’s compared to the public school kids. Regular honors classes in private school are rigorous enough. [/quote]

[b]I went to well regarded private Catholic [b]college[/b] in the Midwest, and the students from top private schools could barely graduate. [/b]  The only way they did was if they were on an athletic scholarship, due to heavy tutoring.    The students from even inner city public schools were very well-prepared, were use to writing 25 page papers, had at least one or two college level math courses completed in high school, and had no problem with handling work, school work, clubs, and Mass.    Maybe it's the rigorous curriculum, where students are expected to take pre-algebra in 5th grade and study Shakespear in 3rd grade, that public school students are required to take.[/quote]

1. There is no such this a well regarded Catholic school from the midwest.  Move that school and it would be on the bottom of the list of privates around here
2. The students from top privates could barely graduate?  Please.  Could you exaggerate anymore.  If the top could "barely" graduate doesn't that mean that the middle and bottom all flunked out?  
3. Can you please post this amazing public school district, because you realize not one single person believes you? [/quote]

Obviously, PP is talking about Notre Dame.[/quote]

I would assume that too, except that I actually did go to Notre Dame, and the post is just bizarre and not grounded in any reality.
Fewer than half the students at Notre Dame went to public school, so MOST of the students there are private school students - and no, they obviously aren't all athletes.  Alsot ND has a 90%+ graduation rate, so there is no cohort of students there who "barely" graduate.
Pretty sure the PP is just making up crap.

However, the second quoted PP is also making up crap, and should get out of the DC bubble and realize that there are excellent schools all over the country - yes, even some that can compete with the precious big 3.[/quote]

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