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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an Upper Middle Class family at a private who is full pay but it isn't easy, I agree. It is a huge rat race and these schools feel the need to keep up with each other. They have very wealthy family for whom money is no object and make huge demands. They donate a lot but it is not enough - tuition still goes up a lot every year. They see some other school has something so they want it too. These schools spend a fortune on sports, trips, and various other "perks." It doesn't have to be like this. But supply and demand...[/quote]

We went private for 6th grade and our kid hated it so much - snobby lazy rich kids - that we went right back to public for 7th.

Full-pay private school makes sense if:

a) You're wealthy enough that the money doesn't matter and you can easily keep up with everyone;
b) Your kid is a rock star in ways that would allow them to stand out even at a TT school, and they get into a TT school;
c) Your kid is right on the edge of Ivy level and a good private school would give them that extra bump; for a non-rockstar kid it's not a huge impact - the matriculation numbers are badly distorted by the wealth/connections of the kids applying - but it might take your kid from #2100 to #1900 in Brown's freshman admissions pile
d) Your kid is particularly disadvantaged by the public school system, for example if they can't concentrate in a class of more than 12 kids or they need a lot of hand-holding with executive function stuff or they're smart but don't test well[/quote]

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