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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have two children, very good students, and have enough to have them do private HS or private college, but not both. Please, not a discussion of why we should do neither. TIA [/quote]

I would pick the best, most rigorous high school option, private if necessary. If your kids do well, they won't have to pay full price for college -- private or public.    [/quote]

There is no guarantee that anybody's kids will do well at the most rigorous high schools, and that's the rub. It's hard to stand out at the top area high schools, private and public. Also, the Ivies don't offer merit aid, and the most generous merit aid will probably come from 3rd-tier college. Some of these so-called third-tier colleges might be a fabulous match for your kid, but again it's so hard to predict these things.

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So...your point is to go to an average high school, do really well, and then assume top colleges won't figure that out? If you have two "very good students," give them the best education you can manage in high school. Intellectually those years are crucial. [/quote]

My point is, there's no way to predict today whether OP's kids will shine in any particular high school. So there is no pat, one-size-fits-all answer anybody can give OP.

I'm sure you realize, of course, that some public HSs offer a better education than some private HSs.

Re merit aid, it is indeed plentiful - at 3rd tier colleges (and may make these cheaper than the state school, but that's another discussion). DC was offered tens of thousands of dollars by safety schools. On the other hand, DC was offered zip at the Ivy DC will attend, because by agreement among the Ivies, none of them offer merit aid. For colleges in between, here's how it works: the more selective the college, the more qualified the applicant pool, and the less likely they are to feel they need to lure your (or my) snowflake with a promise of substantial merit aid.[/quote]

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