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[quote=Anonymous]We are trying to decide whether or not to keep our DC in private school. Some days I think it's really not worth the money, because it's a very big stretch for us. However, I was just looking at an alumni magazine from one of the schools my DH attended and I started to think about all the alumni benefits. There was a profile of someone who started a business with his prep school classmates after college and lots of people meet their spouses through   friends of friends. Especially in DC, when you meet someone who went to the same school you did you have a special bond. This is obviously primarily beneficial if you remain in DC, but I've gotten a lot of mileage out of attending the school that I did. I know there are a lot of good public schools in the area and I'm sure lots of strong friendships are made, but because most of the schools are fairly big, when someone says they went to, for example, Whitman, I don't know if there is the same connection that there is at a smaller private school. Maybe I'm wrong.... It's also possible that my DC could build these types of relationships in college. I didn't, probably because I went to a large school, but maybe at a smaller college, those types of helpful alumni connections are developed. Anyone else benefit a lot from either HS or college connections? Do the alumni benefits, among other things, make private school worth it?[/quote]

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