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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agree that list isn't going to impress anyone.  This is college acceptance season and my niece who goes to a very large public high school, 3000+, outside San Diego got into UC Berkeley and Davis.  She has a 3.96 out of a 5 point scale (APs) in the top 1/5 of her class.  A friend of hers who maybe #1 got into Harvard, Yale and Stanford.

While Latin is a much smaller school, it Is disappointing to see this list of acceptances for a high school that some consider one of the public best in DC.  So where does the #1 or a top 20% student from Latin go to college?[/quote]

Obviously a public school in California is going to send more students to UC Berkeley and UC Davis (and all the other UCs) than a public school in DC. It's easier to get in, cheaper, and closer to home.

And a suburban school outside San Diego has totally different demographics than a school in DC.[/quote]

The point is that many "regular" public high schools most anywhere, not magnets, can send their #1 or kids in the top 20% into Ivies and top tier public universities.  So where does Latin send their #1 and their top 20%?  Sounds like they mostly go to small private second tier liberal arts schools.[/quote]

NP here. But that is California, sending kids to well regarded in-state schools. No surprise. Irrelevant. [/quote]

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