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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Public school mom here - how does a school become a feeder school?  I assume that’s just with private colleges?  As others have said, our counselor is so overwhelmed, we were just happy she got the rec letter in on time! And why is this allowed ? [/quote]
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It is almost, but not entirely, private high schools.  They align their curriculum to what top colleges are seeking, i.e. AP classes and the students take the AP exams, they actually have tough grading so colleges can distinguish the top students and respect the occasional B, they discipline students for cheating/other behavior issues and their students matriculate to the colleges and perform well.  They have counselors (and teachers) who know the students so their recommendation letters matter  (they also know the AO's at the colleges and will advocate appropriately for students/answer questions if the AO's have them).  In short they produce students who are pretty much guaranteed to graduate from the colleges they are admitted to.   [/quote]

So how are public applicants regarded without all of this curated preparation? I don't mean this in a judgmental way, just trying to understand how college admissions would evaluate a public school applicant without all of this extra support vs. a private school applicant such as what you outline above?

TBH I think it is harder for public school applicants, unless they come from rural/desirable geographies.

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