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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, it's MercersbUrg.

Second, like any school, Mercersburg sends kids to a spectrum of schools for a variety of reasons.  No school is going to send 100% of the senior class to all ivies and top 10 LACs.  The largest group of students come to Mercersburg from Pennsylvania.  Mercersburg, even with generous fin aid, is expensive.  I makes sense that some families, especially local day student families, would choose Penn State for financial reasons, esp if they have several children.  Maybe they chose a particular school for reasons having to do with a major.  Maybe the kid didn't do well on the SAT.  Who knows.

Just like at local private and/or independent schools, you send kids to a variety of colleges along a spectrum.  I'm sure there are kids at SSSAS and BI and Episcopal who go to JMU, or UMD.   Just because a kid goes to Penn State doesn't mean the experience was wasted.  A Mercersburg education is about so many things, college placement is just one of them - though outcomes are a big part of the equation, especially since that's what many parents, like you, demand to know.  Mercersburg places a premium on helping students develop their passions, their authentic selves, become independent, develop critical thought, build lifelong relationships with students and adults who will help form them.

Hope that helps.  And no snark.[/quote]
I'm not knocking Penn State. I wouldn't question if kids from Mercersberg go to Penn State. I actually think that would be a good choice. I am questioning Penn State - Behrend (list as Penn State Erie on the list) and Penn State Altoona. Those are not the same as Penn State main campus. [/quote]

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