Update from an Alumna of this Group

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep telling yourself that. Full pay really isn't a hook at schools admitting under 10 percent of applicants (and also happen to give significant financial aid).

Right. Tells me pp knows nothing about top schools. Soo many people can pay full price for top schools.

Really? 🤔

“At a national summit hosted by the
Department of Education last year, the president of Colorado College,
L. Song Richardson, described full-paying students as “gold”
because they’re becoming a rarer commodity.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-new-trick-families-are-using-to-lower-college-tuition.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep telling yourself that. Full pay really isn't a hook at schools admitting under 10 percent of applicants (and also happen to give significant financial aid).

Right. Tells me pp knows nothing about top schools. Soo many people can pay full price for top schools.

Really? 🤔

“At a national summit hosted by the
Department of Education last year, the president of Colorado College,
L. Song Richardson, described full-paying students as “gold”
because they’re becoming a rarer commodity.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-new-trick-families-are-using-to-lower-college-tuition.html

At Colorado College, yes but who has ever heard of it or wants to go there? No one so of course a full paying student actually wanting to attend this no name college would be gold. At Harvard or Georgetown, not so much. And you know this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Keep telling yourself that. Full pay really isn't a hook at schools admitting under 10 percent of applicants (and also happen to give significant financial aid).

Right. Tells me pp knows nothing about top schools. Soo many people can pay full price for top schools.

Really? 🤔

“At a national summit hosted by the
Department of Education last year, the president of Colorado College,
L. Song Richardson, described full-paying students as “gold”
because they’re becoming a rarer commodity.”

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-new-trick-families-are-using-to-lower-college-tuition.html

At Colorado College, yes but who has ever heard of it or wants to go there? No one so of course a full paying student actually wanting to attend this no name college would be gold. At Harvard or Georgetown, not so much. And you know this.

The article says that colleges and universities outside the T50 are dealing with the same issues. So, this now affects schools like the University of Miami (mentioned in the article), Penn State, Auburn, Tulane, GW, etc…

Have you heard of those schools? 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is fine, but it s isn't interesting.
I'm waiting for someone to post "I spent $250K (or $500K) on a school and it was a huge mistake.

If you can't get good value out of $250K, you are hopeless.

Seriously. This thread is basically "I just wanted to post here and let you all know that I'm feeling pretty good about being wealthy and privileged. I considered the alternative, and I really think I came to the right decision to not be poor."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people are casting doubts on private school kids being better prepared. I saw it with my own eyes at the T10 I attended from a public high school (I think it's a 3 on greatschools right now). It was most noticeable in writing. Less so in math, where the real standouts tended to come from public magnets. I didn't know about the tippy top, but in the top of the middle of the pack, private school kids were overrepresented.

OP here--sorry just checking thread was on vacation. Yes, the writing is a huge asset in private school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people are casting doubts on private school kids being better prepared. I saw it with my own eyes at the T10 I attended from a public high school (I think it's a 3 on greatschools right now). It was most noticeable in writing. Less so in math, where the real standouts tended to come from public magnets. I didn't know about the tippy top, but in the top of the middle of the pack, private school kids were overrepresented.

Also, private school kids were more confident about speaking in class and presenting, more apt to use office hours. Again only on average, at the margins, and other disclaimers, but the effect was noticeable.

OP here, this as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It worked for us too OP. Only kid went private all the way and then Ivy. I would never have even considered public since we live in DC.

Wrong. This was the same BS a paid counselor told her. Horrible advice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op thanks for sharing.

I just made the move to put my daughter in an elite private (not in DC) in mid elementary. I am feeling good about it but nothing to do with college placement. The reality is that life is a continuum - high school prepares you for life and so does college. Getting into an elite college doesn’t set you up for life. (I am a prof at an elite university so see a lot of kids on an ongoing basis). It doesn’t even get you the best classes. Or access to professors, who are increasingly busy with non classroom duties. Yes you can do research in my lab but you will probably talk to me twice in person. Not because I am mean but because I do six other jobs as a professor.

I can’t imagine that anyone on this board thought private school would get you into a fancy school. It probably doesn’t rule you out of one. But to the extent it any schooling situation cultivates responsibility, leadership, character, innovation and/or effectiveness these are what is needed.

Really your students are up against those from Tsinghua, Oxford, Stanford and also top land grant universities that provide an extraordinary education and bring needed perspectives and a great attitude and work ethic.

There is no easy answer. Go with the fundamentals, history shows us this long view.



OP is law school still a good deal these days? I have no idea, so asking.

I am a lawyer first of so I will say yes. But my kids have a genuine interest in it.