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[quote=baltimoreguy]It seems logical that the most selective private schools will probably have the most students accepted to highly selective colleges and universities. These students are getting into STA, or Sidwell, or wherever, in large part because of their high test scores and strong academic aptitude. These attributes will carry over into the college admissions process. I wonder about whether there's an edge to be gained by being a bigger fish in a smaller pond. At, for example, Sidwell, there are going to be dozens of kids scoring in the 99th percentile on the SAT (which went down to 2290 in 2013) and fighting to be at the top of the class. But a kid with that kind of ability at a less selective/competitive school is going to stand out more, be at the top of the class, get great recommendations, etc. Schools won't admit it, but at a certain point, they're going to cap the number of students they admit from any one school.[/quote]
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