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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are private schools "select[ing] for smart students" and 
"accepting only rich kids who are mediocre at best academically or intellectually" a consistent narrative?[/quote]

DP.  I think the point is that private schools can select their students.  If you're full-pay and have a [u]reasonably[/u] bright kid, they can attend private--they don't have to be exceptional.  Private schools are more homogeneous in terms of the types of kids that attend, most being from fairly well-off families.

Of course, Wilson is much more diverse, and you have more extremes--kids who probably don't have college in their future attend alongside extremely bright kids of highly educated Wilson parents (professors, journalists, etc.).  So you'll get more extremes in outcomes, too.

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P.S. I say this as someone with a younger kid in private but who is IB for Deal/Wilson, and will have to decide whether to stay in private or look at Wilson/Walls when the time comes.[/quote]

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