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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is at top private school. She is an average student and works hard. Her grades (and those of many of her friends) are lower than their public school counterparts.  [b]I hear anecdotes from parents at our public school talk about how kids have no homework now and they don't even have to turn in assignments in a timely manner. These kids are getting straight As.[/b]  Will college admissions people recognize this?

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OP: The question in your topic is totally reasonable. And the answer is affirmative: AOs at elite private schools will be aware of your top private school's curriculum and will assess applicants accordingly.

As for the boldfaced portion above, it's hyperbolic nonsense and it's kind of embarrassing that you'd entertain it. [/quote]

It's not nonsense. Some public schools truly are like this.[/quote]
Do you speak from personal experience? Or are you repeating another paranoid shibboleth of the victimized elite? [/quote]

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