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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given that kids from private schools are disproportionately represented at the most selective colleges, coming from private school doesn't hurt you. It just isn't the massive advantage that it used to be and that feels like a loss.

To the extent students with less good credentials are getting in from certain public schools, that's because colleges recognize that it's harder for them to get those credentials.[/quote]
This.  You're not being "penalized," you're just not getting as much of an advantage as someone in your posistion maybe did in the past.  Parents who whine that their kids are being penalized because they attend a private school are ridiculous.  If you think public schools offer such advantages, you can send your kid to one anytime, and save $50K+ a year while you're at it.  [/quote]

Exactly.  Consider the 17-yr-old freshman attending Columbia on a full scholarship who went to a DCPS HS.

Private school parents, esp those who send their kids to schools costing north of $50,000 ($50,000!), should be embarrassed to even think their children are in any way penalized or disadvantaged.

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