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[quote=Anonymous]In a purely financial/return on investment kind of way, most Ivies probably aren't really worth it for most smart/hard-working upper middle class white kids.

That said, if you have a would-be academic on your hands, and you can afford the tuition without sacrificing something important (or saddling yourselves or him with significant debt), and your DC gets admitted to a top school with world-class departments in the fields that interest him, then it's worth it in the sense that he'll get an amazing education, be more competitive for top PhD programs, and have a realistic sense of what he's getting into.  So if the best case scenario doesn't seem appealing, he'll know he needs to look elsewhere.

At least that's been our take wrt our own kid.  She's wildly happy being in an environment where intellectual pursuits are the center of gravity and are approached with a kind of seriousness/ambition/dedication she hasn't seen before.   DD was a "top student" at a "top local private" where the claim is college will be easy by comparison.  BS -- if you pick the right university and approach the work with the right attitude.  I don't think that Ivies or privates have a lock on being "the right university" -- just that, odds are, your default public (vs an OOS public chosen based on programs/interests) isn't that school.

Bottom line, if you thought that the difference in the education your son got by virtue of going to private school K-12 was worth the tuition, then yes, it probably will be worth it to you to pay for him to get a mind-blowingly good undergraduate education if he gets into a school that offers one.  Especially given the kind of kid he is and the kind of goals he has.
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