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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a general rule, I find that parents who graduated from Ivy League schools, as my spouse and I did, aren't half as hung up on dispatching their little kids to them as those who didn't, and not just because they're secure in the knowledge that legacy preferences await.  As an Ivy alum, you see college friends contending with the same sort of problems adults face everywhere - being unlucky in love, going bankrupt,  getting fired or passed over for promotions, struggling to afford college, getting cancer etc.  Somewhere along the way, you stop thinking in terms of an Ivy degree innoculating your children against life's hardships.  Moreover, you think of brilliant and highly motivated grad school classmates who went to little colleges you'd never heard of.  I'd be thrilled for my DCPS kids to get a great education anywhere there's one to be had.  
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Another ivy parent who seconds this.^

One important influence my ivy undergrad had on me was to really appreciate the importance of solid preparation. I went to a weak HS with little HW and had a rough time. Most of my peers whether from private or publics like New Trier or Wellesley high breezed through the first year. It was a mistake i am working to avoid with my kids and factored into our decision to pull the out from our wotp school at grade 4 because Hardy was the ms. We want them somewhere challenging enough to push them to develop good study habits.[/quote]

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