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[quote=Anonymous] This is one of the weirder discussions I've seen.   For obvious reasons, the parent cannot share the full list of schools to which the student applied. For obvious reasons, we do not know the content of the advice the family was given during college counseling.    To try to make sweeping conclusions about the school is, therefore, not really a productive exercise.

The parent herself has, I think, emphasized the "take-away": do not spend the money for an expensive private school if it is only for the purpose of trying to assure a certain college admissions result, as that road leads to potential disappointment.  While understanding how much emphasis families understandably place on college outcomes, any of these schools would agree  that college placement alone is not a good enough reason to go the private school route.   There must also be a value for the intrinsic educational experience (everything from small class sizes, to lots of writing, two less of an emphasis on "teaching to the test,"  to significant sports and extracurricular opportunities).

Lastly, I hope it has been somewhat therapeutic for the disappointed parent to post, but that she can make peace  with the situation. Not everyone thrives in a high school setting or even an academic setting, regardless of intelligence.   Success  in work and interpersonal relationships is not dependent on a sterling academic record.

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