Do private schools have it easier than normal publics?

BayAreaFRP
Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:19:02 +0000

There are probably some 150-200 highly demanding high schools, private and public, where there is academic selection for entry and/or stringent grading policy. I’m sure the very top universities and colleges are well aware of them and consider that reality when evaluating ranking or GPA.

I’m sure Caltech, MIT and Columbia know that a 40%-percentile ranked student from Thomas Jefferson High, for instance, is on a very different context (all bright kids from Fairfax co.) than a student at a comprehensive high school.