Public school students and acceptances...

bluedevilmike
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:29:00 +0000

I think what’s more likely is that you’re seeing that schools are helping their students in ways that aren’t instantly obvious. So, hypothetically, an Austin kid with very poor advising is going to do worse than a same-numbers Duke kid with very good advising. The difference, however, isn’t (necessarily) the difference in prestige, it’s a difference in support structures.

That’s not to say that prestige doesn’t matter, or that there isn’t a public/private gap – only that we can’t prove one exists.