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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In a few years, DS will be choosing a high school.   We have the money set aside to do private, and DH and I went to highly competitive private schools ourselves.  Highly.  Stress factories that send 1/3 of the graduates to an Ivy, if you catch my meaning.

I'm intrigued by the idea of Wilson H.S. even though I know they won't send DS to Beijing on a luxury summer to "study culture" the way one of the above-named schools will.   I know for certain that kids like DS from Ward 3 and then wind up at Oberlin, UW-Madison, Columbia U. and McGill.

But what about the intervening 4 years?  I assume that if Kid X get admitted to Columbia, SOMEthing really good happened between the walls of Wilson during his time there, right?   Do you personally know any teens well from Ward 3 who attend Wilson now, and if so, what do they think?  ( I know, long shot since al our kids are 7 or younger ....)[/quote]

You'll probably get a fuller answer if you post the same question to the private schools forum.  I think you can expect them to be just as convinced of the superiority of their choice(s), as it would appear that parents are here.

You ask in the public schools forum, you can guess in advance which way the wind will blow.  And, vice versa, of course.[/quote]

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