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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I think my kid would be at the top 15-20% of our highly regarded public. There are a lot of very smart kids at our public. I do not think he would be top 10%. I see him taking a mix of honors and a few APs and won’t be straight As. Our public has kids taking 15+ APs and my son won’t be one of those kids.

I have no idea where DS would fall in a decent but not Big3 private. From looking at the college lists, it seems like one half or at least the top 1/3 of private school students seem to be going to what I consider good college. I originally thought it was T50 but it is more like T30. I can’t say for sure but it feels like chances may be better from private.

We are not URM, first gen and will not be a recruited athlete. DS will be legacy.[/quote]

Your son’s on track to get into some place more in the Top 40 to Top 200, like Fordham, George Washington University or Indiana University, or maybe a liberal arts college like Gettysburg College.

If your son catches fire on his own and somehow pushes himself into a Top 50 research university or the equivalent, that’s great, but your son isn’t currently on track to get into one of those and do well, and you shouldn’t be wrecking his life by trying to turn him into something that he’s not to fit with your outdated ideas about college prestige levels.

Love him and respect him for the wonderful, energetic kid that he is now, send him to high school where you think he’d be happy and learn a lot, and talk to him very clearly about the financial constraints involved. If you have the money to pay for four years of private school, at, say, $90,000 each, help him explore the great options he can get for that. If you’ll have to struggle to pay $40,000 per year, stop badmouthing Ohio State. If you’re in the DMV area and can’t spend $50,000 per year, it’s out of your price range, anyway.[/quote]

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