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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Been told by our college counselor that this year colleges are turning away from selecting most private high school kids because of their privileged education. That you now have a better chance coming from a public high school with good grades and top scores and activities. There’s no advantage anymore paying more money for private. None at all.

So for those of you looking to go private, don’t waste your money. Your private school kid, despite top gpa and test scores, will probably will be bumped in favor of someone from a good public school.

Regrets, regrets, regrets…[/quote]

I mean, do you have any sense that your college counselor actually understands the dynamics at play. Every single year, folks come on this very board to talk about "this year, HYPSM is prioritizing public school kids" and every year, when the dust settles, it turns out those schools have a pretty consistent number of private school admits year-over-year.

I know you want to think that your child is being oppressed due to their wealth, but it just isn't true. [/quote]

Well, it is true that the kid is being oppressed due to wealth, but not in the way you think.  HYPSM wants to take from the largest number of schools.  They also preferentially take legacies and large donor kid.  So, if OP's kid is at private school with legacy children of large donors, then their kid is disadvantaged next to those kids, even if their stats are similar.  The chances of the same proportion of legacy donor children at large publics is much much lower, so the same kid with the same stats stand a better chance at public.  It's simple mathematical reasoning.

....OP, if you are still confused, ask your kid about the logic.  There is a quantitative reasoning section on the ISEE.  They obviously did well enough to get into a good private HS.[/quote]

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