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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP it's a numbers game... i don't personally know why people send their kids to an expensive private school, since it really shouldn't be to gain admission to an Ivy. Let's face it, these schools do not want to fill their classes with private school kids, they just don't. It's like the age old debate about UVA taking less qualified kids from Northern Virginia. There are folks on here who think this is a myth but it's absolutely true, because they could fill their entire first year class with NOVA kids, but they want kids from ALL over the country and world with varied backgrounds. It's the same problem with private school kids applying to Ivy's and other  T20 schools. Some kid who is qualified is going to be on the losing side of this battle, so you need to be sure they have a wide range of schools that are actually realistic because the private school isn't doing you any favors.[/quote]

It didn’t occur to you that folks send their kids to private school for reasons other than college admissions?  I love the education my now college freshman got in private!!!  College is easy for her because she really learned to analyze and write.  For her, the small classes made a huge difference and are similar to her classes at her SLAC.

I’m not saying public school is a bad education.  Of course not.  I’m saying that the type of education offered in some private schools works better for some kids, like mine.  And I’m happy I can afford it.  And it has nothing to do with getting in to college.  More about being able to function once you get to college.[/quote]

and I never said it was bad to go to private school, just bad to feel entitled that your kids is getting into top colleges as a result.[/quote]

I for sure do not feel entitled.  There are plenty of kids at my daughter’s college that went to public.  TBH, my daughter would probably have gotten into a  “better” school had she gone to public because she would have finished higher in the class (she went to public middle so we pretty much know who was in the high school class).  At private, she was ranked against high scoring kids from all around the area, so it is harder to be at the top of the class.

I never thought private would get her into better schools.  She went for the education and some unique offerings at her private school, not for some incorrectly perceived college advantage.[/quote]

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