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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think if your goal is college admissions, private school is a poor investment. If your goal is the best possible education, then you have to factor in which public, which private, and your kid. I also think, public or private, the top kids are the top kids anywhere, plus in both settings, the top kids with hooks are by and large the ones getting in to these schools ED. The regular round is more competitive numbers-wise, but unhooked kids have a better shot in the spring. I did hear that if your student is deferred from an Ivy or equivalent, they're unlikely to get admitted to that particular Ivy, but they very well may get into a different top school.[/quote]

This post is spot on. As a parent of kids at a private school who thinks it’s been a good investment… if I were sending them there for college admissions purposes, that would have been an extremely poor way to spend our hard earned money.

If private schools were transparent about this, I feel like there would be a good deal less frustration from parents, especially those who enroll in high school. It is not a competitive advantage in our area for college admissions purposes to go to a private school, the data these past few years bear that out. There are other great reasons to send your child to one - and it is very child and situation specific. But if you’re shelling out $$ looking for assurances that your child will end up at an Ivy League school, please go in eyes wide open. That is not how it goes anymore.  [/quote]

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