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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reason some people apply to only those three schools is all about insurance -- not quality.  They can get the same (or better) lower school quality at several other coed independent schools in the area, and common sense would suggest applying to others as well if you want a lower school private.  But if they get their kid into one of those three for lower school, they have bought insurance that their child will attend the same high school unless they are counseled out or choose to leave.  It's a very, very expensive insurance policy.   [/quote]

If you were already going to send your kid to private for lower school, [b]it is not much more expensive to go big 3 than to other privates[/b]. And if you think you might want to stay, why not? It’s expensive compared to public. Most families going to big 3 lower schools were *never* going to public. They weren’t even considering it. So this isn’t right. [/quote]

This wasn't true for us.  Schools like Sidwell charged the same for all grades, k-12 when my child was in lower and middle school (now Sidwell differentiates cost by grade, but not by much).  Our k-8 school has a tiered structure that charged less at lower grades, the difference from MS to K is quite a bit, and at all grades the cost is (and has been) significantly lower than Sidwell. This definitely makes a difference cost-wise over 9-10 years (depending on when you start).  We never applied to Sidwell for LS to start.  We looked over time but just weren't interested in paying more just for a HS slot when the education was excellent at the k-8.  DC went on to Sidwell with much success for HS.[/quote]

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