Private Vs Public High School and College Admissions Success

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This week I'm going to answer a popular question among parents concerning whether from a college admissions perspective if it's better for a student to attend a public or private high school and how this decision factors into the admissions equation. After having attended both public and private high schools myself, interviewed several administrative insiders and college hbcu  admissions officers our research has shown that the short answer is no and the long answer is that it depends. I'll explain what I mean by both these terms and what strategies are most useful for high school students in this edition of college planning Saturday.

In order to effectively answer this question let's start by talking about the major differences between public and private schools as they relate to both you as a parent, your student and their ability to get into College.

Cost of Attendance:

Many parents make the mistake of believing that if a high school charges more it must be better. Not true. Not only do private schools tell Colleges that you most likely do have spare cash available for College tuition many College hbcu specific scholarship programs are not available to students. Likewise, it we have also found that many expensive private high schools in the country provide an educational experience that is only equivalent to that of a well funded public high school. The reason is that many private high schools invest their endowment money in order to continually build their brand name. Yes they have the capacity to provide better classrooms, facilities and teachers but the question you want to ask yourself is to what degree they actually do so. They are most valuable when they actively invest substantial sums of capital into building the structures and conditions necessary to help students outperform national averages on important metrics of high school achievement. Many of these schools however have proven incapable of doing so.





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Pros and Cons of Community Colleges

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Community hbcu  are two year institutions for higher education which basically find their prominence in U.S. They were commonly known as junior colleges but later on the use was discouraged as junior colleges were privately funded institutions whereas community were commonly publicly funded institutions. The community colleges were meant to develop a workforce for the nation. The colleges have found their fame only in parts of U.S. than in any other part of the world. The main events that contributed to the evolvement of the colleges were the economic scenario in the early 90's. Many a college existed where the no. of students was too less for a four year integrated course. So, the ministry decided to convert those colleges to two year community colleges. Earlier these colleges provided semi professional education to the local class of U.S. This was seen as the major advantage of community as they could prepare the local community as a major workforce for the nation.It found its major prominence during the post world war 2 times as it proved to be a major centre for continuing their higher education.

Pros As every coin has its two sides so have community hbcu . Many people stand in support of colleges whereas many advocate that it creates a divide in the society. If we put the limelight on the advantages of colleges the main advantages that pop up are:

They were originally meant to prepare the local people and to satisfy their local needs.
It proved a boon for the students who could not attend the colleges due to some financial trouble or realized the importance of education very late in their life.
Moreover, the students from colleges were given a preference during the admissions to the 4 year degree courses.




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