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[quote=Anonymous]I would say private university over nanny - "Sorry, I know that you loved your tour of Amherst, but we spent the money on a nanny so you're going to UVA."  Some kids thrive on a huge campus with tens of thousands of students, and some do better with a much, much smaller school.

I went to public high school, and yes, some kids fell through the cracks - but I think that having involved parents can keep your kid from falling through the cracks.  I stunk at math, for example, but my dad spent a couple hours a day with me basically tutoring me.  I ended up doing just fine with my math classes through college and high school, but without that could have gotten totally derailed. Maybe in that case, a private school with a lot of resources could have been better.  I guess my point is that you need to look at the resources, aside from money, that you can offer your kid.  If you send your kid to a mediocre-to-crappy public school (like I went to), can you provide tutoring?  Can you afford to hire a tutor to help out with problem areas?  That might be kind of a happy medium between private school and public school.  Not that my parents could afford private school, but I am really happy that I went to public school - overall, the classes were great and I had no problem keeping up with my classmates at the private college I went to, most of whom went to private school.[/quote]

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