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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's the problem comparing StA & public exmissions: money.  Typically, StA parents with Ivy degrees can afford to send their legacy children to their schools.  But, I have worked with TJ and Whitman parents who were undergraduate alums of P & Y, yet their children didn't even apply.  Why?  The parents could not afford it.  Two working parents earning mid-level salaries won't get major Ivy FA.  But they can’t pay full freight, particularly if they have several children.  That's probably why hundreds of TJ grads attend W&M and U.Va each year.  Those of us who can afford today's tuitition rates should coulnt our blessings.  I have two extended family members who "turned down" Duke, and a friend whose daughter had to turn down several Ivys.  It’s just a class issue, not a talent one.   
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A good point.  Nothing new here, but I think (1) STA does very well in any apples to apples comparison; (2) the talented kids at the top of the class at STA would see similar results were they to apply from other schools; (c) it's a mistake to focus too much on 8-10 colleges given the long odds and the wide array of great ollege options; and (4) if you can focus on the journey (is your son getting a great secondary school education that will prepare him well for college) and not the destination (Ivy or bust!) you and he will be calmer and happier.[/quote]

To the PP above - in the 1st paragraph of the quote:  did you really say "its just a class issue, not a talent one?"  Wow, just wow.  If you honestly think that income and class are the same, you know nothing.[/quote]

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