<p>Boston Latin is a public school, but it is what Bostonians call “an exam school” (much like Brooklyn Tech and Bronx Science in NYC). There is cutthroat competition to get in, so it might as well be a private school, a private school where money won’t get you in.</p>
<p>The year my son got into Harvard, 4 kids from his public school got in EA, and one more got in in April, so it definitely will take more than one kid from a school.</p>