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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The top 1 percent will still provide plenty of students for the elite private schools. [/quote]

I agree that the very wealthy continue with these schools (and the very poor will also get in with F.A.), what the schools will miss are the very smart middle class kids.  Having really great kids from all income levels is what makes a school great.  Sadly, these schools are headed back to what they once were -- holding grounds for rich kids with some poor charity cases thrown in.  Meanwhile, there will be many, many very smart middle class kids getting great educations at public schools.

Institutions usually don't see that they are headed down the wrong path until they become obsolete.  I think this will happen with a lot of private schools.  Yes, people will continue to buy into the concept of private school and will happily pay $40 or $50k per year to be part of that system.  Meanwhile, smart kids from throughout the socioeconomic ranks will change the game in education and college admissions.  When Ivys and other great colleges begin to reward the smart kids who thrive in the public school environment (and, inevitably, look more negatively on the kid who got an extraordinarily expensive education starting in elementary school), the game will have been changed for good.[/quote]

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