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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think you send your child to a nationally elite school (Collegiate, Spence, HW, HADES) to get them into college. Because you already know that the network most people think is to be found at elite colleges is now actually found at these elite high schools. Like everything else, it happens earlier than it did 30 years ago.

High school is no longer the feeder. It IS the prize. [/quote]

Not sure this is entirely true. Getting into an elite university definitely is a huge boost in the labor market. NY Times and WaPo are obsessed with the happenings of HYPSMC. They don't care much about what happens at Tufts.

However, the truly elite social circles are now in top prep schools. Harvard and its peers aren't as socially elite as they once were, because they are not committed to admitting far more low-income students than before. About 20% of Princeton is now pell grant eligible.  [/quote]

Interesting.  Because colleges that are traditionally super elite/selective are now admitting "those other people" at higher rates, the high school someone attends now becomes a greater focus for the truly elite social circles.  Convenient as well as the established elite are going to be less impacted by their college admissions outcome and have easier access to these elite high schools.  Basically moving the goal posts and preserving barriers to the elite social class.[/quote]

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