Do private schools have it easier than normal publics?

anon32910704
Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:44:09 +0000

I think the amount of competition at public schools can be staggering, depending on the school you go to. I go to a very highly esteemed public school, and around 40 kids go to Berkeley each year, 30-ish go to Ivys + Stanford + MIT, 20 to UCLA, etc. And this is in a class of 530. I know a lot of kids who are incredibly, incredibly smart and talented (we have dancers, singers, writers… everybody has something they’re really good at).

However, top colleges can’t accept many students from each school. At publics, the top 15% is much larger than at privates…

Also, just saying, I’m pretty sure my school’s courses are as hard as courses from some very, very expensive private schools in the area. We’re just public (although, to be honest, a lot of the families of kids who go to my school could afford private school if they wanted to).

Depending on the public school you go to, you do have it harder. But it just depends.