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LOL.  and college admissions have changed dramatically in the last four years.  Currently, public kids ARE getting in to top colleges more easily than privates because of the anti-elitism, DEI, URM, minority, etc. push of the elite university and college institutions.  So, while the private system worked for HER, currently, you will see most private counselors will say that statistically the great public student has an edge over the great private student[/quote]

It is not that public school kids “have an edge over private school students.” Historically, public school students were kept out of the running - not invited to the table. When colleges made test score optional, students who were academically ready but test poor (certain minority groups for a variety of reasons) felt invited to the table for the first time.

Many public school kids had never participated in the Ivy/T20 school process. Now that that are, you call it an “edge.” Nonsense. It’s an “opportunity” - one that they should have had all along. They places are rightfully theirs. It is called equity. [/quote]

It’s not just test optional.  It’s that l many more middle class and upper middle class families are optimizing the process just like rich and wealthy families.  Paying for or at least planning ahead when it comes to SAT/ACT, doing more extracurricular activities and leadership, hiring tutors, taking advance classes. Once you remove that you’ve gone to a particular private school vs public and judge kids on their demonstrated ability and likelihood to succeed in the future, the divide between them academically begins to fade or erases completely.

As the PP, its an opportunity that many should have had all along.

College seats have not expanded to keep pace with the number of kids now wanting to attend.  Society told folks to go to college and now there is competition for the seats.[/quote]

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