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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on major and narrative.

If non-Stem and humanities or social sciences with strong app narrative, private school gets you there much easier.[/quote]

Why don’t people here understand this?[/quote]

I am not sure I understand this - is it bc privates can help to create a narrative better for humanities kids?[/quote]

I think it’s because practical people don’t want to pay $90k a year for a humanities major at a private college.[/quote]

Have you not read up on the process? Listened to podcasts? If you are applying to most T25, it's fairly easy to move around and switch. You are [i]applying as a major[/i], based on evidence (ECs, transcripts, LOR, essays), [i]not committing to a major.[/i] AO "read" an application with a major in mind (the one you list), but of course aren't admitting you to that major (with a few known exceptions for Wharton/Dyson, and CS/engineering at certain schools where it's hard to switch).

For the most part, private high schools encourage you to dig into the writing/creativity that humanities majors are known to have. Very easy to create that narrative.

[b]Now its way too late to do this in 11th grade, but for kids at private schools with strong humanities, easy to get into Brown as a classics major from a top private with Latin, an independent research project in Classics, a summer internship in antiquities, and 1 summer program (with one of 2 companies in the space). In fact, our non-DMV private CCO recommends it often.[/b]

When you get to Brown, if you have non-Classics interests, great. That's the entire point of the OC.[/quote]

I have a kid in [i]public [/i]school very interested in classics /latin/history (high gpa/test scores) - do you think this path is harder from public school?  Just kind of wondering what we can do to help him  [/quote]

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