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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What exactly is the point of this thread?[/quote]
OP here.  The point of the thread is exactly what I stated in my original post.
[quote]On another thread, someone suggested that most Ivy grads and high-income families choose private schools, so there aren't many of those in area public schools. I don't think that's correct. I know several people who have high HHIs and who went to top colleges, but have chosen public schools for their children. But maybe my circle of friends is just abnormal in that respect. Aren't there lots of other people like that? [/quote]
Based on my personal experience, it struck me as inaccurate for someone to claim that parents with high HHI and/or alumni of top colleges most often choose private schools.  I personally know many people in those categories who chose public schools.  But because my personal experience is limited to only the people I know, I wanted to get a sense of what other people perceive.

It seems to me from this thread that there are quite a few high-HHI parents and grads of top colleges at local public schools (on a real number basis, not a % basis), so the person who claimed there simply aren't many of those in public schools was wrong.[/quote]

Look, statistically most people choose public school. 90% of all kids are in public school last I read somewhere. But in the private school population, high HHI kids are over represented for obvious reasons. If you think going to a selective school has any correlations with HHI (either because smart means high income, or rich folks got into Yale), then top college graduates are also over represented at the top private schools. However, over reppresented does not mean there are more Harvard graduates parents in private schools than public schools, because more people are in public schools. [/quote]

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