Reply to $60k

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "$60k"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how these people argue that:

1. Private school parents seek status.

2. Private schools do WORSE in college admissions than public schools.

If these parents seek status, why would they send their kid somewhere that makes it HARDER for their kid to get into an elite college?

That would work against the very thing you argue these parents want.[/quote]

It is because private schools are "perceived" as easier to get into Ivies, but in fact, only the top 20% students. So these parents want status and want to send their kid to Ivies. Aspiration versus reality?  It is not at all contradictory. [/quote]

If the top 20% of students at a private school go to an Ivy, that’s better than virtually any public school. How do you not see that?[/quote]

Boy howdy for people claiming to know the value of private schools, you are dumb. Those students at the private getting into an Ivy would get in there from a public too. The value-add of private is if you have a slow/bad/lazy kid - you’ll still get them into college because that is what you are paying for. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics