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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are only so many full-pay families with high-wppsi score kids. the big 3 are all competing for those families. [/quote]
If this was actually true, our DD would be at one of those schools right now.  She isn't.  :([/quote]

I’m sorry pp :cry: . This process is so hard. [/quote]

I would argue that it's not predictive either.  A family member did get into [i]any [/i]of the preschools applied to, and clearly not limited to the "big 3."  Ended up at a private school most on this board likely never heard of, but attended a top 5-7 university (depending on who did the ranking) and killed it there in a very rigorous major.  Anyone believing a private school is a gateway to success, either in college or life, is kidding themselves.  There are far more important reasons to select a private school.[/quote]

Sorry:  did not get into any of the preschools....[/quote]

+1. Sidwell rejected my kid for middle school and NCS accepted her off their wait list, in August. She went to a magnet instead and ended up at a top 3-5 university (like PP said, it depends on who’s doing the ranking and which year). In fact, I’d argue the chances of a top college are better for a completely unhooked kid like mine, compared to competing with legacies and the kids of big donors at a top 3. [/quote]

There is so much more to private schools than college acceptance. We have been in public and private in DC and there is no way we would ever go back to public. The culture, atmosphere, small classes, behavioral standards, academic rigor, religious component is amazing. There is an entire culture and community that exists at private schools especially the top ones and there really is no comparison. Believe me we know. [/quote]

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