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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Percentage of students attending T20 universities at top privates: 20%-30%

Percentage of students attending T20 universities at top MCPS high schools: 5%

Good SAT scores are great, but the quality and prestige of the schools kids get into and attend is even more important. Let's not forget!![/quote]
1. those aren't all top privates

2. money, connections, and legacy buys college entrance, and there is more of that in private schools than public. So, that's an apples to orange comparison.

Given the amount of money these private school parents have, I would think the average SAT scores should be higher than the surrounding publics, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

3. You have poor data analysis skills[/quote]

Oh my. You are really emotionally invested in this. Probably not all that healthy for you, right?

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DP.  No, they are right.  Your response suggests you've got no response except a lame attempt to insult.  You lose this one.[/quote]

The PP isn’t well-informed if they think many families going to the schools costing well under the $60k are rich. How about the the roofer’s family I met at the open house? A number of the schools in the OP list include structured programming for students with LDs. Many of these students are very bright but might not do as well on standardized tests. The HHIs of families in the surrounding publics are some of the highest in the region and even the country.

That’s just a few thoughts about the PP’s points.

The main one remains that one wonders why the PP spends so much time ripping into kids she doesn’t know at schools she’s never been to. Why?
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The PP said "more" wealth, not that all families are wealthy.  You can't possibly be arguing that the majority of families that send kids to private schools are not wealthier than the majority of families that send kids to pubic schools?  Or that SES is not a more salient determinant of things like SAT score than the school the child attends.  More family wealth, higher scores.

It looks like the PP is just answering the snobbery.  The PP said nothing derogatory about kids anywhere.[/quote]

Isn’t this thread about specific schools, not publics and privates generally?

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