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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the private. I don’t want to denigrate any schools, but there is a big difference between the best privates, mid tier privates, and random catholic schools. I would bet the best privates would give your kid a better chance but a great public would be the same or better than the latter two.

For us, the ones that I think are actually better than our public would add a lot of logistics and time, so we said no. No regrets but as we have a junior now, I can see the difference in the level of support that my kid is getting at his highly rated public vs some of my friends’ kids who are at these very good private schools.

Relatedly, I am over the rat race to a T20. I just want to raise a happy adult with a good work ethic. There is only one chance at childhood, and we aren’t breaking our kids’ backs to get to a T20. They will be just fine wherever they go. All that to say, I don’t care about the different college outcomes that much, even if they are a little different. [/quote]

Op here. VA doesn’t have a lot of options and probably the reason why we haven’t switched to private. Our friends from college and grad school send their kids to private schools in the Northeast. Our options are little Langley (no high school), Basis and Potomac. Then there are inconvenient schools that I’m not sure are much better than our public like flint hill, SSSA, Landon, Hinton, etc. these are all a significant logistical challenge although we have neighbors who send their kids to st Albans, Gonzaga, NCS, etc. [/quote]

I would be cautious sending my kid to basis unless I am very certain it’s a good fit.[/quote]

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