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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Private school parent here: we send our kids to private because we value childhood and want our kids to cultivate love of learning, sound foundation for friendship development, safety etc.  We don't send our kids to private to necessarily get them into an Ivy.

I hope this assuages the tender feelings of public school parents who are truly obsessed with our forum. [/quote]

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I send my gifted kids to top private and yet am encouraging them to apply to state colleges. There is a reason for everything I do and I don’t need to explain it.[/quote]

Having known a lot of Ivy League kids (NE boarding school grad), I completely agree.

Most people don’t realize how poor the undergrad Harvard education actually is, and how insufferable the kids are.

The university’s rep comes from its grad programs, not undergrad.

My high school best friend’s dad left a tenured Harvard professor job to teach at University of Vermont because he couldn’t stand the kids.

I think going to an excellent state school (Michigan, UVA, etc) can be better preparation for the real world than a lot of private colleges.

People who think it’s Ivy League or bust are primarily people with little direct knowledge of higher ed.[/quote]

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