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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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