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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, you are right. Top students are top students anywhere.

Also keep in mind, though, that a kid who is the top 1/3 of a small class (around here most are 40-125) might be ranked 15th- 40th in the small class (which is why they don't rank in small schools). The 15th ranked student in a large public class of 600 is in the top 2% of the class, and the 40th is top 6%.[/quote]

Most public schools in the DMV don't rank either.[/quote]

Not the point.[/quote]

Ok . . . so what IS the point you're trying to make?[/quote]

I was responding to the PP's comment: "And the very top students in this area's public high schools [b]are absolutely better [/b]than a top 1/3 at an area private." My point is that some of the local private schools are highly selective and have a small class. So, for example, the kid who is in the top third of a class of 40 has the 15th best GPA in a class of students selected on merit for a rigorous school. I was pointing that out a blanket claim that a kid ranked 15th in a competitive rigorous school (top 1/3) is not "absolutely" inferior to the top students at public schools. The larger and less competitive a private school is, the closer to correct PP is.[/quote]
This of course makes sense and again makes me question why some people speak of private schools as if they are all the same. Variations abound just like a public schools across the region.[/quote]

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