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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It will depend on the school. Private schools obviously have an advantage bc they choose their students. That’s not the case at public high schools that educate everyone in their district. That’s their mission.

[b]But the top 10-20 percent of students at well resourced public schools like Langley and the Ws do just as well as the elite private school students when it comes to college admissions. [/b]And the STEM kids at public schools are usually much stronger than the private school students. Which is no small thing these days.[/quote]

[b]Do they all get into top20 schools? This is the question. I don't know as I'm a private school parent. At STA and Sidwell they do. 100%. 
Do 100% of the top 20% at Langley and the Ws get into top20 schools?[/b][/quote]

Langley has a class of 525 kids.  I don’t even need to look at the data to know that there are not 104 kids at Langley each year admitted to a T20 school.[/quote]

Correct. I put two kids through Langley. It is not even close to that number.  But it is a ridiculous comparison. St. Albans might have 70 kids in a grade at a school with selective admissions. Top 10-20 percent is 7-14 kids. Sure they can get those kids into top schools. Do you have any reason to believe a) your kid is going to get into St. Albans and b) be one of the top 10-14 kids in their class? Odd of that are probably lower than your odds of getting into a T20 from a public school.[/quote]

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