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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not so uncommon for kids to switch schools for high school, even if they are at a K-12. I've certainly heard of other families leaving for SHSAT or screened publics for high school. I think if you're not rich and are full pay at a private and your kid can get into a good public then it might be worth it to switch. You can save money for college and probably have plenty of money for private college counselors. In high school you also have to be more concerned with who your kid is spending time with and things like partying and drugs.  I might prefer to have my kid at a good public and around other smart, hardworking kids of diverse  backgrounds. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some gatekeeping at some of these schools. I have heard that it happens at Trinity. Seems to me moving from HM to BS is not such a crazy choice.[/quote]

I agree with this. I think people are not getting that going to a TT private K-8 helped a lot of these families get in to a SHSAT public school. It also helps they have the funds for tutoring and extra classes, and also helps that the can pay extra for a good college exmissions counselor. So I take the "switch" with a grain of salt. Honestly I bet their children would have gotten in to any school they wanted even if they stayed at HM. And they obviously used money to help get them in to schools from public. [/quote]

Stuy and Bx Sci former parent.
My kids were public all the way.
I think I spent under 950 per child for one week of intensive SHSAT tutoring because there were no summer camp options in the last week of August. They said it was a waste of time because the classes were dumbed down for the lowest performer.
No private tutoring for anything else.

No college counselor except the bad ones provided by the schools.
One kid at UVA the other at LSE. One of them refused to show us their application and we were completely in the dark during the college app process.

If your child needs a lot of tutoring and hand-holding, they dont really belong at these schools as real life will be a continual struggle unless they will be equipped with life coaches and therapists to shepherd them for the next few decades.[/quote]

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