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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is mindnumbingly boring.  Except for the parts  where Big 3 or Big 5 parents lament their kids' college rejections.  That's fun![/quote]

It is mean to say something like this while others are in such unlucky position.   [/quote]

I agree. These are real kids with real feelings. The poster who posted that should really be ashamed. Not nice.[/quote]

It's fun to see that money can't solve everything.  These parents thought that paying 50k a year for high school gave them a golden ticket.  Not so fast!   :) [/quote]

I certainly don’t think my kids are owed anything just because they went to private school. Is that what you think? Are you a private school parent?[/quote]

[b]I happen to be surprised and elated at my "Big 3 or Big 5" 3.0 kid's college options. Never would have had them as 3.0 from a local public. [/b]Never. [/quote]

Of course not.  Your kid wouldn't be a 3.0 at a local public.  They would be a 4.2.  Do you not understand that?[/quote]

Yes there is grade inflation at many public high schools but that doesn’t give their students an edge especially at the top colleges with robust Admissions programs. 
Our Montgomery county public school sends a school profile for that year along with the student’s transcript. This lists the GPA distribution (weighted and unweighted) the SAT and ACT averages, the number and type of AP tests taken (and the number of students who received 5s, 4s,3s etc), the average score for various SAT subject tests, the number of NMSF semifinalists and finalists
The top private schools send something similar 
So an admissions officer at Yale knows how to interpret and compare a 4.0 from MCPS versus a 3.6 from St Albans   They also have plenty of information about the rigor and peer group at both schools because they see a ton of information about test scores etc.   [/quote]

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