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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Princeton grad, MS at Stanford. Was in an eating club & fraternity at Princeton and stay connected to the school including college interviews. Boarding school groups by far were the ones to introduce and get the drugs. We also didn't distinguish much between who went to what HS and trust me, most college kids outside of the DMV only will recognize Georgetown Prep & Day (only because it has Georgetown in its name and "sounds familiar", usually Sidwell and sometimes a Cathedral school.  No one knows Landon, Burke, Potomac, Maret etc.

I do feel like there is a growing bias against "rich white kids who have everything handed to them" at the universities.  I can't comment too much because we are probably also viewed as a well-off white kids from nice neighborhoods in our public though we are getting some aid.

Everyone who is doing interviews and everyone in admission offices always routes for the kid that had the most challenges. It's human nature to want that kind of kid to get a break.

My son will go to Brown next year from MCPS. He was in the top 20% of his class.  He is prepared. Why the heck do folks think the public school does not prepare kids for college? What do you think they do all day? Sure he had some mediocre teachers but by far they we very good. He was part of his school debate team & a few clubs. He is not one of those rock star kids that has any unique magical talents but got his work done. We could have afforded private and always said if things didn't work out in public that we would switch but it was a great education for him and we don't feel like he missed out. About half of our social group send their kids to various privates and our kids seem very similar.  Similar vacations, after-school activities etc. 
Send your kid to whatever school you want. As long as they don't have LD or social issues they will be great at either. We are happy we saved the $$ and have enjoyed some fantastic perks along the way that private would not have let us enjoy. [/quote]

So you cheaped out on your kid and you're proud?[/quote]

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