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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think this list short changes diverse schools like TC or FCPS schools like Stuart. Their SATs are not going to be as high homogeneous schools The top students at those schools can compete with top students at Sidwell or TJ for that matter. This list sounds like a conspiracy on the part of private schools and the magnets for more applications.[/quote]

That is similar to the point about % being misleading (which PPs didn't understand). [/quote]

I think that's because they're attempting to rank the whole school, not just the top students. If they only looked at students from each school that would have been accepted to the top ranked school (TJ) or just students taking honors classes, to eliminate "diversity", the list might have a different order but that wouldn't be a ranking of the schools. I understand your intuition that the comparison is unfair but that's because the list compares local public high schools with magnet schools and competitive entry private schools and their student body is as homogenous or diverse as the admissions office wants it to be.[/quote]

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