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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poor as in will have to borrow money and eat beans for dinner.[/quote]

If you are that poor you would qualify for a full ride. 
Why would you not take it if offered? [/quote]

I am poor by DCUM standards and I got nada from private schools although my kid was admitted. They basically said I needed too much FA. [/quote]

Sorry, then you are not poor enough.[/quote]

Wrong, they just didn't have the funds to give away, happens more often in the primary years than for high school for instance. [/quote]

They did say to apply again for HS since they have more aid available then. Our HHI is appr. $75K. [/quote]

I would really encourage you to reapply if you still believe the private school hype. 
In a way I feel they are buying superior grades at that level instead of grooming/ producing it themselves. Think hard if you want your child do be used this way, but for free ride maybe. [/quote]

Could you explain what you mean?  By hype do you mean that the education is the same as public school?  [/quote]

Presumably they would accept your kid because You have a great kid but in all honesty, you , the parent, got him where he is and DC himself of course as well. So the school did not really help "produce" an all star. At the high school level they buy the all star with FA to inflate their own success  with their lifers. 
Maybe I am too nihilistic, but it would put me off as a parent. However, at HHI 75k I would take the FA and milk it as far as the ride takes you. Hopefully, this made sense. Good luck! [/quote]

Okay. I see your point. They accept an already high achiever and claim it was their wonderful education that made him that way. I'm a teacher in a Title One school and if we could pick and choose who we admit, we'd look like rockstar teachers. Lol. My kid does check a box for these private schools (URM) but I'm quite alright with the school claiming how they produced such a great student in exchange for an education he would not get on our local public. My neighbors graduated from that school and they've spent thousands taking remedial classes in college because the HS didn't really prepare them for college (even though it is rated quite high as a school).  Maybe it just prepares the high flyers like kids who are in AP courses. [/quote]

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