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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so embarrassing. I mean, most of them are but this one? Man. [/quote]

Agree. Delete, please? Jeff???[/quote]

For someone comparing different schools, this threat is actually very helpful.[/quote]

If the list of matriculations is what you’re using to decide on education, that rather proves the point that private ed is a d***-waving competition more than an actual education.
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Public schools make these lists too, FWIW. [/quote]
Yes there are a couple on in the master list. Churchill:  https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/beyondthebulldog2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
And BCC:   https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= (https://instagram.com/bccdecisions2023?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)  It would be interesting to see Whitman and WJ's, too.
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You have to look at these list from the standpoint of percentage of total student body.  Whitman and Churchill have huge class sizes, so having a spattering of kids going to top schools should be expected.  But looking at percentage of total student body matriculating to top schools, you will find that the top private schools blow public schools out of the water.[/quote]

It’s amazing that people continue to make this comment knowing (or at least you should by now) that matriculation at top schools has little to do with education outcomes and more to do with wealth.  If you’re looking at these pages thinking the top 5% at private are somehow kicking the tails of the top 5% at public, then come on down, we have a bridge to sell you.  Get over it and just celebrate the kids success.[/quote]

+1 I absolutely agree. Whitman and Churchill are in such wealthy areas that even though they are public, most, if not all of the students come from a heavy level of wealth.  One can assume that overall the resources available to these kids are much higher than children in less wealthy or even poor areas, or less wealthy, or poor children who attend some privates, who don’t have as much money.[/quote]

This is all true, but one must also consider that the schools that wealthy students attend tend to be stronger academically purely to accommodate the students' and parents' higher level of commitment to education.  This is why those neighborhoods are desirable.  Teachers prefer to teach at schools like Churchill and Whitman.  As a private school parent who wants to send her kids to top 20 universities, we want to surround our kids with other strong achievers to keep the motivation high.  We're in the Churchill cluster, but chose private for our kids for various reasons including class sizes and getting more attention...but we can afford it no problem.[/quote]

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