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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Admissions to prestigious schools is not a litmus test for academic success in high school. There are a lot of students whose families can neither qualify for need-based aid, nor pay full price at top 20 schools (none of which award merit aid). Because of this, many or maybe most such students do not even apply to top schools, but instead choose a state school or a lower-ranked school that awards them merit aid. In the DC metro area, this is a very common situation for families of high achievers.[/quote] This. My child just graduated from TJ and is attending an in-state school. We fall into the make too much for need-based aid, but can't afford $70K a year for a private school situation. As a result, my kid only applied to public universities (both in and out of state) that had generous merit aid and strong undergraduate engineering programs. [/quote]
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