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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Applications for admissions to most private schools in the DMV area area keep getting more competitive every year. One school we are applying to for 9th ( from our K-8) told us that applications have been up 70% this year. I can understand why applications were up during the pandemic , but why are people still increasingly applying to privates five years later ? Has the quality of education gone down at the public schools? Did people do well in the stock market over the past few years? Just asking a genuine question. [/quote] 1) Parents and grandparents have the affluence to afford it. 2) The DMV has an “education first” culture 3) There’s a perception that private is better. 4) Some people want to be in the private school social circles. Even the demographic cliff is not big enough to counter the reasons I’ve cited. Privates/independents/parochials - call them whatever you want- are thriving. [/quote]
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