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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone with experience doing this knows the answer is "not really."

Yes, they know that NCS or STA is more rigorous than public schools. However, the top schools are only taking 2-3 kids max out of the class, and those kids will either have a hook or be the top students.

Admissions officers know that a 3.7 from a top school means more than a 4.5 from a public school, but they also have a limit on how many students they take per school. They also don't want an incoming class of entirely privileged prep school students.

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OP isn't asking about just a handful of colleges though. So for most students, the answer is yes. If you are in the middle or at the bottom of your class in a rigorous school, most colleges do not look at that the same as being in the middle of bottom of a generic  (i.e., non magnet) public school class. You aren't getting the nod at top 20, but you will get into better schools than the bottom 25th at a public school, because it's apples and oranges. The kid ranked 45th at a small test-in school is not the same kind of student as the kid ranked 375 at a giant school.[/quote]

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