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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only schools that have 20% acceptance rates to Ivies are the elite boarding schools in the NE (Andover, Choate...). Maybe some big city magnets.[/quote]
Not really.  Here is one example -- http://matriculationstats.org/day-schools-outside-of-nyc  NCS and STA both top 20% for Ivy colleges.  No data for Sidwell, but I'm betting it's well north of 20% too.[/quote]
But private school =/= Big 3. There's a whole universe of private schools out there that don't send anywhere near that many kids to Ivies.[/quote]
Right, but now it seems you're moving the goal posts.  The original (inaccurate) claim was that only "elite boarding schools in the NE" and "maybe some big city magnets" have 20% Ivy acceptance rates.  That was clearly false.

Also, the fact that many private schools do not have 20% acceptance rates to Ivy colleges does not rebut the underlying point about Ivy legacies in public schools.  It's a red herring.[/quote]
OK, that is 2 schools. The top privates send many more to ivies than the top publics, unless you count magnets. And there are magnets in many states so you are competing against them also. There is no guarantee of an Ivy acceptance unless your name is on a building.[/quote]

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