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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The issue is that any elite private in DMV will have a fair share of VIP, legacy, athlete, and URM students for top colleges to choose from.  A super smart kid with GPA/testscores can be leapfrogged by all of these hooked applicants (some with high stats, some not).  The reason is that these top colleges want to fill a class with a mix of students - they KNOW that these hooked kids will all do just fine at their university having gotten through the elite DMV private.

It's hard to say whether the same kid would do better in public.  If you go to some DMV public that also has legacy, VIP, athletes, URM - you'll have the same issue.

I do think the private school kid will have better luck a highly regarded private (outside of T20) than from a public.[/quote]

The W high schools, Blair HS, TJ HS, Langley HS, McLean HS, and at least Oakton HS also have LOTS of hooked (Legacy and also whatever else) students.  The hooked students might well have an admissions advantage over academically more capable unhooked students during college admissions time.  College admissions is a lottery these days.[/quote]

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