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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You analogy reveals a lot. You're saying you will pay 3.2 times as much for one car that does the same thing as another (drives you around) but has more "safety and comfort." The safety standards for all cars are pretty strict these days, so mostly you are willing to pay an enormous premium for [i]comfort[/i]. I can't imagine wasting a child's summer indoors cramming for a multiple choice test so I can have the [i]comfort[/i] of knowing they might get into a slightly more prestigious school. [/quote]

- Can a kid attend Langley score 1600 on the SAT?  The answer is yes
- Can a kid attend Wakefield score 1600 on the SAT?  The answer is a resounding YES

Let assume you have the above scenario.  Two kids with the exact same IQ, motivate, work hard and very driven.  [b]Kid X attends Wakefield with limited resources and kid Y attends Langley with lot of resources.  [/b]They both study advanced physics.  They both study very hard.  Kid X has problem with one of the topics and he spends hours on it.  He needs help so that he can continue but he has to wait until tomorrow when he gets to school when the teacher is available.  Kid Y also has the same problem with one of the topics and he needs help before he can continue.  There is a private tutor graduated from Carnegie Mellon specialized in Advanced Physics to help him with the topic that he has issue with.  Once he understands that, he goes on to the next one.  As time goes on, kid Y will be able to surpassed kid X because there are better resources available to him.

Does it make kid X any less smart than kid Y?  Absolutely not, but over time, it will show that the rate of learning from Kid X will be not as good as Kid Y.

PP, I am an investor and so is Warren Buffet.  Would you rather take advice from me or Warren Buffet (aka the Oracle of Omaha)?  That's why you see Lexus on the road.

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But your example of resources has nothing to do with the particular school. It's based on whether or not the parent has the resources to hire a great tutor.  There's no reason an affluent family attending Wakefield would not be able to hire that tutor.  Yes, over time that poor student may not be able to keep up -- but they wouldn't keep up at Yorktown either.  [/quote]

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