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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do colleges take a high-rigor public school curriculum (backed up by high standardized test scores including BC Calc and 1500+ SAT as well as classes like Multivariate Calc) into account?

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not really because these kids are a dime a dozen from public. [/quote]

Just like the dime a dozen from private. Try harder.[/quote]

They are a dime a dozen from both. Multivariable Calc in DC's private was for the top 1/3 of the grade. the 75th%ile SAT for the high school was 1500. Neighbor's kid went to a public magnet rigorous school, SAT within the magnet cohort was rumored to be around the same range as the private--dozens above 1500. Half of that smaller magnet cohort took Multivariable in high school, though it is a magnet within a larger school meaning lesss than 10% of the high school took multi. They key to top admissions coming out of both high schools was did you take the hardest courses offered (not # of APs), and how did you rank compared to peers(colleges track gpa and can tell relative rank even if not ranked officially). That is the info OP needs: what is the relative rank and rigor of OP's kid compared to others and where do students with that GPA and list of courses end up. Only a counselor from the school can answer and private schools tend to spell it out very early and in detail for the parents, in order to have time to steer the ship toward less selective colleges that fit, if needed. Privates tend to do a lot of hand holding with selecting and advising fit schools, but they also tend to tell the not-top students to not bother with super selectives(all the while encouraging the very top students to apply to many of them). [/quote]

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