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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like a lot of people don't say what they really think because they are afraid of coming across as snobby or elitest.

I'll throw this out there.  I think that my private offers a higher quality education than our highly ranked public. [/quote]
Here you go.  Perhaps someone posted this already, but the reality is that the quality of the education in private schools is only part of what you pay for.  For some private schools (e.g., Saint Albans, Georgetown Prep), you are paying for a [b]name brand with national recognition that opens up opportunities for your child beyond just the classroom and college matriculation process.[/b]  The relationships they forge during the high school years follow them for a lifetime both personally and professionally.  For those who think that paying for private school is only about the education, you are thinking very naively.  Other schools like Sidwell, Georgetown Day and Maret, while they enjoy an excellent academic reputation, including nationally among colleges, do not, in my opinion foster the lifelong relationships among their alumni that provide any sort of personal/professional benefit beyond getting into college (which though important is only part of the overall equation).[/quote]

My non-PC statement is that this just isn't true. The rest of the real world truly does not care where you went to high school and laughs at you if you act like it matters.[/quote]

If you think it doesn't matter, then you don't have access to those alumni networks. BTDT, trust me, it matters. I got my first two jobs that way. It's kind of disheartening if you believe in meritocracy but yeah the good old boy and gal networks are still flourishing.[/quote]

But for the DC natives who stay here after college, it makes a big difference.

You don't see that because you are not from here and likely will never understand the nuances.
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It's networking. It just adds more people to your roster. And people are impressed by some of these names. (DH and I both went to nationally known boarding school where I was a day student). College networks matter too. You can't go to a nationally known high school than a lackluster college and think that's going to help you. But both together, yeah people take a second look.[/quote][/quote]

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