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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly my friends who feel this way pay for private. I know people who have changed jobs in order to afford it. I am not sure suburban publics would be better.[/quote] Ditto. We switched too.[/quote] What I've found in interviewing in for an Ivy in this Metro area for many years is that the strongest HS students generally aren't found at privates, including the "top 5" in DC. They're found at the most selective suburban magnets like Thomas Jefferson, Blair Montgomery magnets, and the Richard Montgomery and Washington-Lee International Baccalaureate Diploma programs. All the suburban publics aren't better of course, far from it. But where well-resourced elementary GT programs feed into strong test-in middle and high school programs, you find a nose-to-the-grindstone culture largely driven by immigrant families (particularly from East and South Asia) privates have trouble competing with... [/quote]
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