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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Generally, poor and lower class people send their kids to private school for the college outcomes because it gives them the opportunity to escape the cycle or end generational poverty. Upper middle class and wealthy people just want them to go to a good college - the parents connections and network often help the kids navigate the job search.[/quote] One family I know (not in DMV area) sent their kid to private with high amount of of financial aid.. so that the kid gets a good education. They switched to public for the last 1 or 2 years of high school, and the kid then got into an ivy on full financial aid. They switched from private to public due to better college prospects at the public. I am not aware of any example of a poor kid getting into great college from a private, who would not be able to achieve it from a public also. There may be examples but I just don't know. Being in a private signals wealth, and it likely decreases chance of financial aid at college for the family. [/quote] Yes, this might work for poor people. But most people in this forum aren't poor. [/quote] We're and my DD will attend Title 1 highschool from private for the same reason. She's also minority (white hispanic) - so minority from title 1 school gets more attention than rich white kid from rich private. Just a fact.[/quote] Meant to say "we're rich"[/quote] I don’t believe you’re rich. And poor Latino gets into college over rich white kid is a no brained. But will I now send my kid to a Title I high school? Ha! You guys seem to repeatedly miss that the rich private school kids you hate don’t need the same ladder to success as non rich unconnected kids do. [/quote]
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