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[quote=Anonymous]Background - only child, will be going to K next year. We are zoned for a very good public school and can afford private without financial aid.  We are also recent immigrants to the U.S., non-Ivy league degrees, no connections or legacy to any of the "elite" privates. We work hard to make a good living but don't have the network to pull strings to get us in places.

We value education and are interested in private schools that offer academic rigor. We are unlikely to get into any TT privates, especially given how competitive it has been this last year. I am of the opinion that we should just focus on trying our best for 5-6 TTs, if it doesn't work out, great, we'll just go with our excellent public school. My husband thinks we should apply more broadly to 2T schools as well (his work network are overwhelmingly private school parents, and seem to be horrified by the idea of their kids going public), but I don't see the value in spending the same amount of tuition money on a less rigorous school. At least with public, there are certain benchmarks that must be met, and we can use the money we save on tuition for outside enrichment if needed.

Does this strategy make sense? Are there benefits 2T schools have over public that I am missing? One big factor seems to be class size, but our public is close to meeting the 20 child/class mandate in the next couple of years, so I'm not too worried about, and many of the less competitive privates seem to be increasing their class sizes to the point where there's not a meaningful difference from a good public. [/quote]

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