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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in finance and most of my colleagues have got their kids in "TT" schools (I don't but it's a different story). The general profile of Brearley/Spence/Dalton parents is a bit different from HM's. B/S/D parents in my circle are primarily HYP legacies. HM parents are often immigrants or NYC "transplants" who are equally successful and well-off but who care less about HYP brand. They are fine with their kids ED'ing Chicago and minimizing stress associated with college applications. [/quote]

Spot on. I'm a former Spence parent, and I remember when I told my parents (both went to Yale, as did I) that my DD was going to UChicago and didn't get into Yale, they said, "why not an Yale? Or an Ivy?" The families at Spence are like my parents - they pay quite a bit of attention to the HYP brand. It's an old way of thinking, as back when my parents went to college, HYP was synonymous with the highest prestige, or the creme de la creme to the East Coast families. Nowadays, there is more competition at the elite university level, with Stanford, MIT, Duke, UChicago, JHU, Northwestern, etc. I can imagine how Brearley and Dalton might be very similar to Spence in this way.[/quote]

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