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[quote=Anonymous]I didn't go to a big three in this area but from my private school in NY lots of kids went to private colleges that had lots of mid-range kids from elite private schools on the East Coast.  From reading the alumni notes, it appears as though people have done well regardless of going to a mid-tier college. I think some of that is going to a college that has a strong alumni base and part might be the parent connections to getting that first job out of school and part is having classmates that you may work with to start a business.

So my worry is if this is the battle now, what will it look like when your child picks a college that is 50K a year and isn't a top ten college?  I don't know if pulling your child out for 10th grade to go to a big public high school will be doing him any favors unless he already has a bunch of friends from the neighborhood and is looking forward to going to school with them.   An extremely unhappy or lost ( as in no friends, can't figure out how to fit in) child can have much worse things happen than simply not getting into a top ten college.

is your son happy? Is the current high school preparing your son for college even with him being in the bottom half and is it preparing him for life in general? Would your son flounder in a bigger environment like BCC and get lost in the crowd?  Would he get that chance to participate in leadership activities in the big public school assuming he has them now at the private school?  How is the guidance counselor at your current school in really knowing your child and matching them to the best college for him?

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