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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The claims about college admissions being "basically the same" from "less stressful schools" are anecdotal at best. No one has presented any concrete proof that I can see.[/quote]

Because it is meant for a given kid, so you can't have data on that. But if you truly think the same kid will have drastically different college outcomes based on which private school he chooses, you are probably wrong. [/quote]
Translation: I don't have any evidence and am trying to flip things around to make you prove a negative.[/quote]

DP the evidence doesn’t exist because it’s impossible to get that that kind of individual data. But that doesn’t make you right either. I suspect there are more students at the top schools who get 1550+ sat and straight A’s with lots of extracurriculars, and the matriculations at that such schools will be more impressive overall. More of these students will be aiming for the top colleges. But why would you think a student with the same profile who attends a less selective private school( or public school) couldn’t also get into a top college?[/quote]

This. Coupled with the fact that top colleges only take a certain number of students from each high school. So, if there is a concentration of students at the same high school, who all have stats essentially millimeters apart (like at a high pressure), and they are all applying to the same top colleges, then the competition just got a lot stiffer.  Compare this to a student with similar stats, but who has fewer classmates with those same stats…less competition.
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