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I feel dumb in retrospect for not proactively getting him more support regardless of the school saying it wasn't necessary. [/quote]

My colleague and friends all have been paying for enrichment classes, academic classes, tutors, etc... since early childhood.  If you listen to Zarna Garg podcast/book, she talks about how she couldn't relate to HM parents sending their child to summer camps. She preferred to hire a tutor over the summer and homeschool her children. NYC is very competitive if you are aiming for TT schools. It becomes a family endeavors built around being admitted and thriving at TT schools. It is not for everyone. When my child reaches 7 grade, they will have to enjoy the grind otherwise I feel it best they have a sweet experience during high school. [/quote]

op - i mean the whole value prop of paying alllll these years for me was we trusted them to track us towards the 'good' exmissions they promised. And they do have good exmissions overall. But I kept asking them year after year how the academics were and did we need more tutoring and they always said fine. I feel like if they'd said - look this kid is heading for dwight I would have either pulled him out or got him tutoring or both. Who wants to pay all their money to a school to get their kid into another expensive school they could have got the kid into after sending them to free school (and which is arguably not much better than free school.) [/quote]
They always always say you are fine to a middle of the pack student.  If everyone pulls their B students out, how could they continue taking tuitions from you.  It's just impossible for every kid to be a straight A student.

This is similar to college application process.  Until junior/senior year, in every parent-teacher meeting, they will say you are fine!  And you should apply to schools you love, and ED to your dream school!
Senior first semester comes, they will start steering kids.  Now they will ask you to do a sanity check on your college list.  They will tell you it's impossible to support so many kids ED to a same school.  What happens to dream school?[/quote]

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