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OK, you're not the PP with the matriculation numbers -- my mistake, though my point nonetheless applies to your claim that 12 kids from your DC's public high school got into Columbia.  Neither post takes into account the size difference between public and independent schools, so the logic behind both posts is still flawed.  And, you're still not responding to my point disputing your claim that all MoCo high schools are filled needy kids -- which is certainly not true of the schools cited by the other PP and to which I was referring in my post.  By noting that, I'm not "picking a fight"; rather, I'm responding to a statement.  That's called discussion.  In that vein, if you find my arguments ridiculous, then go ahead and rebut them -- with facts.     [/quote]

OMG, get a life. Let me make you happy: yes, private school kids are uniformly smarter, more motivated, and even better looking than public school kids. The fact that many public school kids can't afford ivies has absolutely nothing to do with their lower matriculation rates to ivies. In fact [b]most public school kids live in-bounds for Churchill[/b] and are just as rich as private school kids -- so feel free to ignore that key point about the affordability of ivies, as you've been doing all along.

Feel better about yourself now?[/quote]

You forgot the ones who fly into MoCo by private jet from Beverly Hills.

Too many a$$holes on DCUM today. This applies to the people slamming Indiana, too. Is there a full moon? It could be the same poster though. [/quote]

First of all, I'm not the poster who suggested that kids in public schools aren't motivated; that's patently adbsurd, of course.

Nor did I slam IU; in fact, I find it appalling that anyone other than the students involved and their parents would cite this as an example of parental disappointment in college placement.

That said, we weren't talking about students at all or even most MoCo high schools, but about students in the W schools and RM, cited by Sam2, as well as the school that the Columbia poster's kid attends.  So, you tell me, what's the proportion of students at those schools who qualify for free or subsidized lunches?

What I can tell you is that 25% of the students at Sidwell receive financial aid.  Beyond that, there are many families who don't qualify for aid, but who sacrifice to send their kids to school there.  Those folks would certainly be just as glad to get merit money for college as the familes in MoCo public schools.  In sum,  your argument that the lower rate of selective college acceptances at the MoCo schools we're discussing can be accounted for by family financial circumstances is based on a lot of assumptions that aren't based in fact.  [/quote]

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