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NP here - I am an alum of a big 3 school and a parent at one of the schools above.  My view is that the top 200-250 kids at our public school are equivalent to students at the top private schools.  Obviously the whole class isn't, setting aside the special ed factor (which includes kids with severe disabilities), but because this is a general population school.  No tests required for admission, no selection process.  We also have a high ESOL group with world bank and other international families.  Some of those are not applying to US colleges as they return to their home countries for university.  Last year I think there were 25 NMSFs, and another 55 commended scholars, out of a class of about 450.  Yes, we have kids go to Montgomery College, and many to UMD for financial reasons, but our school has a good track record with top colleges, and certainly comparable to what I've seen at the private schools.  This year's class has about 20-25 going to ivy league schools, probably another 20 going to the top 3-4 SLACs (Williams and Middlebury are very popular), and many going to other great colleges.  I'm sure others will dispute my assessment but we've been very pleased with the quality of the education and while we don't know for sure yet, I think my DC will have the same or better college options than would have been the case had she attended my alma mater (likely better GPA, many AP classes, etc.).[/quote

Does no one here get it!?!  Rigor, SAT scores, NMSFs, etc is totally beside the point.  You send your DC to a "name" school to get to know the right people.  Then, they hopefully are savvy enough to stay in the crowd (easier of course if they get into a "top ivy/SLAC" with the legacies) and then get the right job/campaign with the salary that takes them comfortably into the 1% or higher.  No one cares whether anyone is well-educated.  Just marketing.  It's naive to suppose that dc folks angst over pre-school admissions because of the education![/quote]

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