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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think most people send their kids to selective private in hopes of securing admission to elite colleges.

They send them seeking a better education than they would have received in public school and hope that education will prepare them to succeed at whatever college they attend. [/quote]

Ok, so, my kid is at a HYP. She went to a middle of the road public school. Her current roommate went to a top 5 BS. DD has been tutoring her in both Calculus and Chem…she is NOT prepared for the scions whatsoever. Anecdotal, yes, but don't think that private HSs are good at everything, bc they are not necessarily better than your local public[/quote]

All this means is that you don't have to be that smart to get into HYP if you came from a great school.  It actually completely reinforces the myth the OP is trying break.  [/quote]

Colleges are not stupid. If they admit a student they do so with the expectation that the student can perform well, academically. They would not continue to take in dozens of candidates from the top private schools (or public schools) if there was a repeated pattern of students being ill-prepared and not keeping up with the coursework. They take in the kids from Andover/Exeter or Thomas Jefferson because they have a history that proves these kids do well in college. Even if some of them might need additional specialized help for difficult STEM courses, which is not unusual. I would not make too much judgement on what school a kid comes from and the amount of time or outside support they may need for a college level calculus class or organic chemistry, especially when it is very anecdotal. I remember my college math and science classes. Some students, regardless of whether they went to a fancy private school or a top public/magnet, have much quicker aptitudes and can quickly grasp the concepts, while other kids from the same schools need a bit more time and it's really not a reflection of the school or the instruction before college but more due to the particular student's aptitudes. When it comes to subjects like English the ability to write a good paper is, in a way, more telling of the high school quality, than the ability to pass a college level Calculus class / being able to absorb a certain amount of organic chemistry lessons within a certain amount of time.  [/quote]

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