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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why people pay for top privates. 
The DC Big3 privates (this year) sent 20% to the Ivy League and another 20% to other top 20 universities and another 20% to top 20 liberal arts colleges and another 20% to universities ranked 20-50..  [/quote]

Not really comparable. Private school populations are 1) already screened in for academic excellence 2) more likely to be legacies 3) more likely to be paying for the ECs and other experiences that curate a strong candidate.

Just taking a random student from a public school and dropping him into a top private is not going to magically make them a better candidate for a top university.

The outcomes are totally what I would expect for a good public school district. Most kids go to their public universities + a range of OOS and privates, mainly mid-range. Why is that surprising?

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One of my kids extremely bright and accomplished BFFs switched to a Big 3 for high school after attending Arlington public schools through Williamsburg Middle School.  Had their heart set on Penn and didn’t get in.  Ended up at UVA with my kid.   Had that kid stayed at Yorktown I have no doubt they’d be a superstar and one of those very few top kids getting into an Ivy.   I really believe that.  [/quote]

The Yorktown kids getting into Ivies are legacies, athletes or URMs. My kid went to a Big 3 in 9th grade after APS and got into more than one Ivy - [b]that wouldn't have been possible at Yorktown[/b].[/quote]
how do you know this...[/quote]

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