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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does anyone move to Arlington thinking it's the ticket to an Ivy? That's just ridiculous.  No public school is.  I'm happy to live here for a short commute, good public services, a house I like, and a good education for my kids.  DS wants to go to VA Tech and that's just fine with me, I'm sure he'll be well prepared and do well in life.

The reality is that if you are an Ivy grad from the days when it was relatively easy to get in, your kids are going to have a much, much harder time getting in unless you are donating a building.  Doesn't matter where you live, it's just the numbers.  It's a totally different game than 20-30 years ago.[/quote]

+1.  DH and I are both Ivy grads.  If that was our only goal for our kid, we'd have them in private school.  We are in public school because they are more in line with our values, and because we know that when we to go work every day, some of our colleagues are also Ivy grads, but even more of them graduated from good non-Ivy schools.   We are all doing the same kind of work, are held in the same esteem, and are compensated under the same system that does not depend on our school credentials.  Ivies aren't the end-all and be-all, and we are more concerned with our children's total well-being than with just the seal on their college diploma.
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Private schools are not tickets to Ivies either. Not even close. Ivies are accepting more and more public school kids every year. However, there with an ever increasing number of applicants, your particular public school will not feel the increase. The truth is that numbers at privates are not great either. They look better on paper because college counselors do a good job of getting kids into a wide range of schools. But it's gotten relatively MUCH harder for private school kids to get into Ivies.[/quote]

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