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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm not the first quoted poster, but I think they were probably using "class" as a shorthand for something like "socio-economic status."  The wording might not have been spot on, but I don't think it's objectionable to suggest that many middle class families at TJ, particularly with multiple children, will opt for in-state options rather than Ivy league matriculations based upon cost.  The FA packages at the Ivy leagues have gotten much, much, better, including better options for middle class families, but families with relatively high "on-paper" combined incomes, who live in expensive areas like Northern Virginia, can still really get squeezed.  [/quote]

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