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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“You may have more data at NCS but there are plenty of unhappy parents and students regarding college outcomes at NCS. Yes, the education is outstanding but it is hard for students not to question why they worked so hard in HS to end up at a school like Bates or Wisconsin. “

I am an NCS parent of a senior. We would be dancing on the rooftops if our DD got into Wisconsin. It was a rejection. We are looking at options much, much lower on the USNWR list. Think 75-120.[/quote]

As a parent struggling with sending our kids to private or keeping them in our strong public, I’m starting to think we may as well save our 150k per year for our 3 kids. While we can afford tuition, college is our one and main goal for secondary schools.[/quote]

Of course you don’t waste your money that way!!! Save it all to pay for med school for the three of them. [/quote]

Pp here. I know some people can afford or prioritize the learning experience and consider that worth 50k per year. I also want my children to have a positive school experience. My children are getting good grades, have lots of friends and are happy. I’m not sure the extra commute and 50k per year is worth it for a potentially worse college outcome. We are relatively new to the DC area. Dh and I are public school kids. DH graduated top 5 of his regular high school and I attended a magnet high in another state. I go back and forth between just keeping my kids where they are or which private school to strategically send them to. DH only cares about college outcome so not sold on shelling out the money. He has friends who did attend top colleges and their children are not getting j to their parents’ alma maters even with legacy status.[/quote]

Unless your kids have the hooks that colleges want when they are high school seniors, I'm not sure how much strategizing you can do. The challenge is that we don't even know what the hooks will be in ten years time.

Ivy legacy didn't work for our kid, but she was competing with super stars at her magnet high school.  It wasn't a top choice anyway, not being as highly ranked in CS as other schools.

The first gen hook also became a thing when she was applying, while most of the parents at the magnet high school are highly educated.[/quote]

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