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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought it was common knowledge that private schools in general aren't known for their "rigor"? If rigor is your sina qua non, there are any number of terrific public high schools around here with boatloads of AP classes. [/quote]

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Of course not. The best private schools go beyond AP, for one. Look at the course catalog for Sidwell, Andover, and Exeter. Then tell me about how they don’t have rigor. I mean this with no disrespect, but you honestly don’t know what you’re talking about.[/quote]

I went to a public high school like likely had identical proportions of national merit scholars and top Ivy's (adjusted for SES status) as any Sidwell or Exeter.  So no, not convinced.  The "top privates" run mainly on privilege - most parents admit that they sent their kids there to ESCAPE the pressure that kids in public school face because their own kids just don't need to scrap it out like that.  And I've compared the curriculum of my kid's DCPS with his cousin's top private (in his city) -- DCPS is much more "rigorous."  [/quote]

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