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I would say that the most important thing is to get the best possible education and develop your kid into the best and happiest possible human being they can be. Yeesh, what an absurdly cynical way to view education. how come people are so crazy when it comes to nyc private schools?[/quote]

It is a status symbol and social cue. Many familes lead with my child attends a prestigious private school on first impressions. [/quote]

I don’t want to debate, but What does that have to do with what was said above?

Why would a parent desperately try to get their kid into a school for social status? Are you really that desperate? And do you truly meet a lot of people who lead with my child attends x or y?

I’ve been around and in these schools for years, and I’ve never seen that. I can tell you that my parents sent me to trinity because they thought I needed a more traditional education than my siblings, and it was a mistake. I was unhappy from about 3rd grade through 9th, after which I transferred to Andover. They sent me there with good intentions - by the way, admissions officers certainly can sniff out social climbers from 10 city blocks and it’s embarrassing  - but it was the wrong school for me. Not that I didn’t love the kids. I still see my trinity friends all the time and I’m on the back end of my 30s now. I just wasn’t enjoying my time and my I felt like I was wasting the experience. So I was pulled out because my parents didn’t care I about going to parties and saying my kid is at trinity upon meeting a new family.

You know your kid, and you know what’ll work for them. Don’t base the decision regarding your kid’s future on your own social ambitions. What a silly, childish thing to do.

Also, no one who actually has status cares where your kid went to school. That’s crazy. [/quote]

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