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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed.  You'll gladly pay the $30,000 per annum after a school decides they want your child, and not before, and the square peg will then "fit" the round hole...regardless.[/quote]

No, actually not at all. That's why the schools are so different and why a child can do academically as well at one as at another but not thrive in both environments. Having BTDT it's incredibly clear. And no, DS doesn't have a LD. If every child were exactly the same and every school were exactly the same there wouldn't be any reason to research schools. Do you think all colleges are exactly the same, too?  Sad. [/quote]

I disagree. I think part of the reason we "research" schools ( read: obsess) is because having to apply raises our anxiety levels and triggers our uber performer control gene. We rationalize to ourselves that we can be in control by "looking at schools" , interviewing with AD's and being dedicated to the quest of "best fit". If that doesn't work the OD at your school will give you a little pill to swallow in March so that when you wake up in the morning with admissions letter in hand you will smile and be happy that DC has been offered a place at best fit school after all. The cognitive dissonance and the fact that very few people are in a position of control ( unless we are Barak and Michelle) feeds the obsession year after year after year.....In spite of that most DC's do just fine because they would have anyway. They are , alas, not lap puppies , square pegs or the sum of their LD.

Meanwhile, a cottage industry of test prep, Advancement professionals,WIPPSI testers, tutors, and "educational consultants" remain recession proof.[/quote]

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