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[quote=Anonymous]We also regret that we didn't pay more attention to the cost of sending two kids to private school. Do seriously consider your finances and your ability to make this long-term commitment. Don't just assume you will keep getting pay raises. Ask yourself if you will still be able to save adequately for college, so when the time comes, you will be able to afford the ivy your kid might get into. I also regret that we didn't appreciate just how much of admission is about the parents instead of the kid. In retrospect, looking back at our experiences and the experiences of friends, there were some factors (sibling, URM, wealth, parents' jobs) that did seem to play an outsize role in admissions for kids who in other respects, like test scores, seemed similar. It's a bit disillusioning to me, even if our personal observations might amount to anecdotes more than a dataset.[/quote]
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