Penn from Public School

Poeme
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 08:19:43 +0000

I am from a public school, and so are most of my friends here. People don’t really care if you went to a public or private school.
As for getting in, I don’t think it disadvantages you if you went to a public school, but it depends on the school. I hear that at some public schools very few people apply to Ivies so that may actually be an advantage if you stand out. From my experience at my public school, getting into the Ivies was very competitive because you had 30-50 kids applying to each Ivy, all with high test scores. Depending on the year, anywhere from 2-7 would be accepted so a lot of very qualified people were disappointed.