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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For many, it is about buying the prestige of going to a TT school. [/quote]
To this point specifically, is there anyone sending their kids to elementary or preschool for 65+k/yr who is not "buying the prestige of going to a TT school"?  I have no illusions that it's about merit and how this 4 year old's block-arranging prowess is a sure indicator of a future academic superstar.[/quote]

Cynical answer: no, of course not. It’s all social climbing and networking.

Truth: Yes, 100%. I’m a trinity survivor, as is my sibling, and my kid is at little dalton now, has been since K. We opted to send the kiddo to dalton (they were admitted to trinity and hunter, too) in part because we genuinely believe they will have the greatest chance of gaining the love of learning and developing into a healthy young adult there more than anywhere else.

We don’t care about prestige, never really have, we don’t particularly care where they wind up going to college (or if they decide they want to transfer to another school at some point), and we don’t mind what they wind up doing with their life (within reason, of course). We want them to be happy and kind. The rest - becoming adequately educated, hard-working, cultured, etc. - are secondary concerns. But prestige we couldn’t give less of a fuh about. [/quote]

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