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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are an UMC family with two kids that have attended a "big 3". We were deeply unhappy with MCPS so decided that we'd send our kids to private for HS (didn't have deep enough pockets for ES or MS).

DH and I are 50 and most parents that we know are gen-x or very young boomers). There are definitely families in the lifer crowd who started their kids in the Big 3 to make sure their kids would attend a top college. Most of them have been beaten down by reality over the years, but, when their kids started school a decade ago, many parents still had this mindset. I assume younger parents are making this decision with their eyes wide open. OP may be right that fewer of these parents will be interested in PK-12. Only time will tell.[/quote]

There's truth to this. The seniors of today were being enrolled in K back in 2008ish? Admissions was already getting extremely competitive but the mindsets of the parents are always of an older generation and admissions to the top colleges was much easier in the 1980s and 1990s. It was a lot easier for unconnected UMC kids with great scores and grades to get a spot at an Ivy or elite LAC. [/quote]

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