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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will forever never understand why people opt for private school over public if the goal is to get into Ivy.  Logically, if you have any brains, being number 1 in your class will count more than being number 100.  It follows then, if your kid is way smart and committed, put them in public where they have the best chance of being number 1 and they can look awesome.

I put my kids in private not for college but because I believe for 4 or whatever years, their quality of life will be more enjoyable, they will be less distracted from learning effectively, they will thrive in the environment offered by the school we chose.  This is all about MS and HS being a long 7 years and during these 7 years, they aren't going hate their life!  In the process, they will have also learned and they will thrive.

If I was hell bent on them only getting through these years in order to end up at Harvard, there is something wrong with me as a parent and person.  Life continues after Harvard.  Life continues long after college and the 7 years that they have isn't going to make or break their life but it will in these key years, shape them.

That's all private school is - another environment besides public to choose from.  How well your kid does academically is up to them but in public, they def have an opportunity to shine brighter than in pvt where the "competition" is higher because everyone is seeking to shine brightest :)[/quote]

Except top publics (your typical UMC public) are full of the top kids. In our graduating class of 700 kids, how can you be sure you will be ranked 1, and how else can you ensure that you stand out? For every basketball tryout, there are 80 other kids hoping to make the team along with your kid. Apply that to every activity. And if you want to go to an Ivy, you are expected to do more of them  and show leadership in them - more APs (and more are offered at public, so you need to take more of them than at private), more competition to get into the top classes, more offerings but impossible to make schedules work, and more after school clubs and national championship activities such as Debate, Forensics, chess, math competitions, Science Olympiad, robotics competitions, state and national orchestras...[/quote]

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