<p>ok first of all, when i said what i said about harvard vs. state schools, i was not talking about UVA BERKELEY and MICHIGAN obviously. I wasn’t even talking about IU, IOWA, CU BOULDER, or any of those schools, i was talking about <strong>MOST</strong> public schools, berkeley uva and michigan very, very obviously don’t fall into the category of <strong>most</strong> public schools.</p>
<p>Second of all, while i was not saying public schools do not have a few legitimately stellar students, the dropoff from these very best students to the rest of the top 10% is very steep. It’s not hard to be in the top 10% of a public school, it’s only the top 1% or even less though, at most of these institutions, who are actually harvard-caliber (even bottom 10%) and are attending public school for financial/personal/whatever reasons.</p>