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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I recently attended an awards ceremony for the kids graduating in the top 5% of their MoCo public high school class (about 30 kids). Of that number, I'd estimate only about 50% (roughly 12-15 kids) were going to Ivies or elite private universities. Most of the rest were either attending UMCP or a 2nd tier university (think SMU, U Alabama, etc) on a full ride scholarship. I've no doubt that money was the prevaling reason, as these kids all had GPA's in the 4.6+ range and many were National Merit Semifinalists. Money talks, unless you are fortunate enough to be wealthy.[/quote]

It would be interesting which Ivy kids were full pay, I doubt many were full pay.[/quote]

Generally, the kids who can get into Ivies are the same kids who are likely to receive generous, even full, tuition aid. There were several kids in DC's MoCo graduating class who turned down Yale, Columbia and other schools for full rides at 2nd-tier, even 3rd-tier colleges. These kids are getting great educations for little or no debt, so all power to them.

The 1% figure for public school kids getting into top-tier schools is a little off - you have to factor in that many public school kids aren't going to ANY college, and many others are going to Montgomery College because that's what they can afford. To do an accurate comparison you'd need tables of applications and acceptances, which exist, but there are several DCUM threads on that already and there's no need for us to descend into all that acrimony on this thread.[/quote]

Very few kids turn down Ivies.  Harvard's yield is over 80% and no doubt a lot of the 20% are going to other Ivies.[/quote]

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