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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Suburban kids have a right to a world-class education as much as anyone.  That's what helps keep the applicant pool strong enough for the schools to be desirable in the first place![/quote]

Actually, if you need FA chances are the only reason the school is taking your DC is for academic reasons  so that would contradict above.[/quote]

I'm not following.  Do more people who get in from DC need financial aid?[/quote]

Well, perhaps my assumption is incorrect, but if you can't afford Private school, but live in a Suburb that has one of the best public school systems in the America, I assume that you would go with the option of a great public school  education that is free.Unless of course, you teach at the Private and get a remittance that way. I would also assume that the availability of a great free public education may be one of the reasons that you live in  Suburbs because we all know commute to work is a soul sucker takes away hours of family time a day.The only type of individual  I can think of who would turn down a great free education in a safe beautiful neighborhood  where their child can walk to school and make friends that are also his/her neighbors is someone who has ample ability to pay and wants a particular school for their DC because they are an alum or because they are convinced it will stack the deck for an admit to HPYS or something . These people can pay $$$$ and do. Parents who live in DC and can't pay full , while it is obvious that their DC needs to get accepted to Private with FA or out of bounds in the lottery or they have to move, what is the motivation for the school to not only take their DC, but do it at a reduced rate: there is only one : test scores and academic integrity of the school. [/quote]

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