Was Private Worth the Money if DC Didn’t Get into a “good” University?

[Anonymous]

Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

[Anonymous]

How many threads are you going to start on this topic, OP? One daily?

[Anonymous]

I'm only sending my DD to private school to learn proper manners and grooming from wealthy friends so she can marry rich. Who needs college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm only sending my DD to private school to learn proper manners and grooming from wealthy friends so she can marry rich. Who needs college?

College is important for her Mrs. degree, of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

Alex, I'll take things that never actually happened for $100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

Alex, I'll take things that never actually happened for $100.

don’t get the reference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

Alex, I'll take things that never actually happened for $100.

Now now. OP doesn’t say it actually happened. Just that she felt as if it happened. Maybe in a dream? Or out-of-body experience? Perhaps while on psychedelics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

Alex, I'll take things that never actually happened for $100.

don’t get the reference.

Sorry for you.

[Anonymous]

Here we go again...

[Anonymous]

My kids didn't go to private because we couldn't afford it. But I went to an excellent private school and I felt the education there was better than my first 2 years of college at a flagship U.

The education really is better at certain school compared to most publics and it lasts a lifetime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

Alex, I'll take things that never actually happened for $100.

don’t get the reference.

PP, Alex is dating you a bit, perhaps you should have said Mayim... Although that doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously college matriculation isn’t everything, but I feel as if I have talked to parents who wish they had kept their kids in public had they known their kids were going to go to a subpar university. I have seen quite a few threads talking about grade deflation at ‘top whatever’ schools, and having concerns that it is negatively impacting their child’s admissions, then what exactly is the point of a top private school? Sure the quality of education in high school is important, but arguably you make most of your connections and zone in on your career path in college. Do you regret spending tens of thousands of dollars every year for private school?

Alex, I'll take things that never actually happened for $100.

Now now. OP doesn’t say it actually happened. Just that she felt as if it happened. Maybe in a dream? Or out-of-body experience? Perhaps while on psychedelics?

I feel as though I've talked to parents reads to me like I've talked to parents who said one thing but I chose to hear and believe something completely different.

[Anonymous]

Duh. People aren't going to admit to that, in real life or even DCUM, are they? But it's obvious. I'd say about half of private families are ultimately disappointed in their child's college admission and the money they spent to get there. However they rationalize with smaller class sizes, reduced exposure to gun violence (not drugs, alcohol, etc) and the potential to meet other wealthy families. College admissions are only one reason out of many to choose privates over publics.

[Anonymous]

Probably should have kept my child in PGCPS. They likely would have gotten better outplacement results, given the huge desparities and socioeconomic backgrounds that do not exist in independent schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Duh. People aren't going to admit to that, in real life or even DCUM, are they? But it's obvious. I'd say about half of private families are ultimately disappointed in their child's college admission and the money they spent to get there. However they rationalize with smaller class sizes, reduced exposure to gun violence (not drugs, alcohol, etc) and the potential to meet other wealthy families. College admissions are only one reason out of many to choose privates over publics.

This just keeps getting better and better. How on Earth could you know that?