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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm having trouble understanding how these results are worth bragging about. You're paying all that money for, what, a 20 percent chance of Ivy admissions, which is an inflated number to start with because we know that there are many more Ivy legacies at the top privates than publics.

My kids weren't geniuses, but they were good students at solid but no tippy top public schools in the DMV. They all got into either UVA, William and Mary or both, and they all went to one or the other except for one who chose a top ten LAC instead. I don't think their going to a so-called Big 3 would have made a bit of a difference in their college admissions, and we saved a lot of money and remained a part of our local neighborhood in the process.

The idea that, standing alone, attending the Big 3 over a good public school in the DMV makes a big difference in college admissions has long been debunked.
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Most people are paying the money for the outstanding, rigorous academics in small classes with many other intellectual students who enjoy discourse and debate, and teachers who know the kids well.[/quote]

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