Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's just the school. It's the "parental awareness" of how to get into a top private - the right counselor, the right EC, etc. - which a public school DIY family, however educated or smart, just does not have.

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Anonymous wrote:WITHOUT A HOOK, landed at public schools (UVA, UMich, California schools) and could not really break through to the T-20 coming from MCPS....is there just too much competition at these public schools and do privates have better placement? This is just my observation--have you seen the same?

No. But even my post is anecdata. I mean at our public magnet school, every kid is high stat. I know kids that got into places like CMU, MIT, UT@Austin, Rice, UCLA but not really Harvard. So sucks majorly for them. Without a hook, you don't land anywhere. Especially if Asian-American.

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Anonymous wrote:WITHOUT A HOOK, landed at public schools (UVA, UMich, California schools) and could not really break through to the T-20 coming from MCPS....is there just too much competition at these public schools and do privates have better placement? This is just my observation--have you seen the same?

No. But even my post is anecdata. I mean at our public magnet school, every kid is high stat. I know kids that got into places like CMU, MIT, UT@Austin, Rice, UCLA but not really Harvard. So sucks majorly for them. Without a hook, you don't land anywhere. Especially if Asian-American.

Huh, MIT "sucks majorly" Really???

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Anonymous wrote:WITHOUT A HOOK, landed at public schools (UVA, UMich, California schools) and could not really break through to the T-20 coming from MCPS....is there just too much competition at these public schools and do privates have better placement? This is just my observation--have you seen the same?

No. But even my post is anecdata. I mean at our public magnet school, every kid is high stat. I know kids that got into places like CMU, MIT, UT@Austin, Rice, UCLA but not really Harvard. So sucks majorly for them. Without a hook, you don't land anywhere. Especially if Asian-American.

Anonymous wrote:I have a high stats kid from a public school who is choosing to attend a public university (Alabama) not because he lacked other options but because he fell in love with the campus and felt the Honors College offered many of the same benefits of the higher-ranked schools to which he was admitted while providing the resources of a large, academically reputable state school. Granted, he didn't apply to any T20s, but he got into multiple T50s (UNC-CH, UGA) as well as several highly ranked SLACs. But none of those schools offered him nearly a full ride scholarship, and Alabama did. And none came close to the amenities of the Honors College in terms of things like housing, food and priority class registration. There are some squares on DCUM who aren't impressed with his choice, but he's thrilled and can't wait to get on campus. Roll Tide!

Anonymous wrote:WITHOUT A HOOK, landed at public schools (UVA, UMich, California schools) and could not really break through to the T-20 coming from MCPS....is there just too much competition at these public schools and do privates have better placement? This is just my observation--have you seen the same?

Anonymous wrote:WITHOUT A HOOK, landed at public schools (UVA, UMich, California schools) and could not really break through to the T-20 coming from MCPS....is there just too much competition at these public schools and do privates have better placement? This is just my observation--have you seen the same?

Anonymous wrote:Top schools are a lottery now. Many kids won't win. The secondary education system in this country is as broken as health care.

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Anonymous wrote:all the top kids in our school are pretty much also going to state schools, heavily UVA (in state). Our valedictorian will be attending UVA and the salutatorian will be attending a SLAC on a full ride.

in previous years, where did they place?

Anonymous wrote:I have a high stats kid from a public school who is choosing to attend a public university (Alabama) not because he lacked other options but because he fell in love with the campus and felt the Honors College offered many of the same benefits of the higher-ranked schools to which he was admitted while providing the resources of a large, academically reputable state school. Granted, he didn't apply to any T20s, but he got into multiple T50s (UNC-CH, UGA) as well as several highly ranked SLACs. But none of those schools offered him nearly a full ride scholarship, and Alabama did. And none came close to the amenities of the Honors College in terms of things like housing, food and priority class registration. There are some squares on DCUM who aren't impressed with his choice, but he's thrilled and can't wait to get on campus. Roll Tide!

Anonymous wrote:all the top kids in our school are pretty much also going to state schools, heavily UVA (in state). Our valedictorian will be attending UVA and the salutatorian will be attending a SLAC on a full ride.