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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are NONE in DC anymore.  Sorry.  I know you like to think that you can buy your kids into Yale or Harvard by sending them to the so-called Big 3 or whatever, but it's not a ticket anymore or even close.  The large majority of kids attending DC's top privates will NOT get into Harvard or Yale.  Sure, a somewhat larger percentage might get in than at other schools, but they'll still be a distinct minority and they're going to be the same kids who would've gotten in had they gone to school anywhere in this area.  [/quote]
I don't think any school in the entire country is a guaranteed ticket into Yale or Harvard that you can buy.  And of course the [i]majority[/i] of kids attending any of DC's top private schools (or frankly any school in the entire nation) will not be admitted to Yale or Harvard.  No one's seriously contesting those straw arguments.

But as you note, there's a much larger percentage of students getting admitted to Yale & Harvard every year from some schools than from others.  You seem to think it was inevitable that those children would be admitted no matter where they'd gone to high school.  I agree with you that most of those kids are probably very smart and capable, and would carry those characteristics with them wherever they go.  But I don't think either of us can say definitively that the schooling did not add anything.  Indeed, I suspect most of those schools did a lot to encourage those naturally capable students to grow to their full potential.  If those kids had attended different schools, they might never have reached their potential.

And that's not to suggest only expensive private schools can allow children to grow to their potential. I'm sure some children would do fine in a magnet program, or others in a local public school (maybe even better than they'd do in a private school).  It all depends on the particular school and the particular child.[/quote]

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