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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have struggled with this.  My kid was waitlisted this year at several privates.  Got into their first choice, but out (the parents) second. We had our hearts set on one if the more elite schools were they were waitlisted.

My question is the elite privates are supposed to give you a  to the Ivies and best colleges.  But does where your kid goes to school really matter?? And why?  Seems to me that if you have a bright innovative kid that they will succeed in life regardless of where they go to college?

Why the stress?  Why the expense?  Looking for real world examples. [/quote]

Why are elite privates supposed to get you into best universities?  That's your take, not everyone else's.  (And there are plenty of evidence that it's also not true -- i.e., elite privates do not equal elite universities.)  We certainly weren't thinking of top universities when we placed our kids in K.  Maybe we were myopic but we were simply looking for a good environment for our children to learn and grow.  If you value college placement over actual day to day school experience for your child, maybe the expense of an elite private is not for you.  And for the record, I'm not saying that elite private equals better school experience, but we felt that that would be the case for our children and hence our decision.  Bright children of certain disposition will thrive at large public schools and eventually, as you seem to allude to, lesser universities.  But public schools are not optimal for many.[/quote]

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