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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My take on this is that [b]high-end independent schools has a pretty good outing this year, [/b]which actually kind of surprised me.  I thought all of the uncertainty re: affirmative action and test optional was going to cut the other way.  In general, I think that most students take a small hit by going private, and they would actually do slightly better coming from most public schools if you are solely concerned with optimizing college prospects.[/quote]

Very very true.
It’s been a fabulous year with more Ivy admits than in the past 5 years for our school.[/quote]

Op here. In my short time looking at these college pages, there definitely seems to be a bump at the privates. I was wondering if there was a bump this year after the Supreme Court case. I guess it is too soon to say but it seems like privates got a boost this year.[/quote]

Obviously anecdotal, however in our circles here in DMV (close-in beltway) the privates have done much much better than the publics. From where we sit the top stat/resume URMS (from both private & public) are not doing as well as non-urms with the 'elite' colleges, perhaps signs of the SC case manifesting or schools 'playing it safe' this round.[/quote]

+1[/quote]

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