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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private (or elite magnet) k-12 produces a more confident and polished, sophisticated kid.

Yeah, your kid might be top dog at their backwater public, but even if they grind into an elite college, they'll feel like an outsider lacking the social and cultural capital to REALLY thrive.[/quote]

Is this a serious post? If so, you are proving the point of a lot of posters here. Way to further embarrass the private school parents who are trying to defend their choices. You also seem like part of the problem. Ivies are pulling fewer and fewer kids from BS and Elite privates bc these kids (who are raised by people like you) are not adding to the culture of the campus, and often detracting. Did you know that they do a "post mortem" at the end of every completed school year? Yes, they assemble the heads of the houses/residence halls and have a meeting. Basically, tell us about our successes and failures. When that person say "Kathy is a joy to be around, so kind so funny etc…but Alison is a cancer to this dorm with her elitist/mean/non-inclusive attitude. They pull the files and see what HSs these kids come from. And they remember. Is it fair that the actions of prior students can affect future students? No, but if there is a pattern, you can bet they will slowly back away. Go ask a Chapin kid why Yale does not like them, it's THIS.[/quote]

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