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Originally Posted by floridaorange
I know a ton of kids who are homeschooled, that's a hard pass for us, but man is it trending!
Do you think highly rated public schools are good enough or do you think private schools make more sense, and if so what grades specifically?
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There is no such thing as a "generic" public vs. private school archetype. It always comes down to the particular school's strengths and weaknesses. And those have huge variance across both flavors of K-12 institutions. You can identify them yourself (but that takes time and effort), or just look at the history of colleges the graduates of a particular school have been accepted into over the last few years. Or how the schools are ranked nationally, if you are lucky enough to live within a driving distance of a Nationally ranked HS.
I’ve been interviewing kids for admission to a highly selective private institution for more than a decade. Fewer than 1 : 10 get in. I've had fantastic student applicants come out of both public and private schools. I've got to know which private schools in my 50-mile radius are great, and which ones are consistently sub-par. I also know a few fantastic public schools (and many mediocre ones) in the same area, but occasionally, amazing kids apply from public high schools without history of excellence. That can usually be traced back to their parents investing in their kids education well beyond what is otherwise offered by the school’s curriculum.
I am yet to meet a well-rounded compelling homeschooled applicant. Not saying that homeschooling can’t achieve that, just that I haven’t run into one, yet.
The only thing that's consistent is the fact that the most amazing applicants come from families that have consistently invested into their kids well beyond putting them on a school bus or dropping them off. Year after year. The rest (type of school, it's funding model, etc.) is secondary.
HTH,
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P.S.: If a high school you are considering is on the list below, your kids are likely in good hands:
https://www.usnews.com/education/bes...ional-rankings