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Your chances would still be very strong and would vary depending on which public high school you were attending. Your 1560 SAT would certainly validate your academic achievements regardless of the high school.

So much of the Admissions process from the college’s point of view is to balance the make up of the class with a group of incoming freshmen who bring a variety of talents, abilities, interests, and backgrounds. Regardless of what kind of high school you’ve attended, they don’t want to fill up half the class with graduates of Milton Academy, or Wellesley High School, or Boston Latin. And they do want to bring in students from all over the country, and even from all over the world. At a certain point all of their seats are filled and they have no more spots left. So, it’s not just a question of whether your credentials meet their admissions criteria, but whether your profile fits what they’re looking for.