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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly if I have a kid who is not TJ/Blair material and he gets into STA or Sidwell, he has a good shot at getting into a nationally ranked University or SLAC. Maybe I would cough up $40,000 to see if he could into UVA and W&M. [/quote]

The [b]typical TJ/Blair student probably wouldn't get in to STA or Sidwell (or GDS or Holton or Potomac or NCS[/b]) - [b]there just isn't room for them.[/b] Most parents at the $40k private schools aren't as eager to drive their children into math/science as the typical middle-class family so the STEM magnets are just not very attractive to them. A lot of upper middle class parents in Washington have professions in law, politics, diplomacy, and policy so its not surprising that their children also disproportionately pursue those areas of study. To these parents, tuition buys small class sizes that foster better class discussions and much higher expectations for reading and writing than any of the publics can afford. [/quote]

What do you mean there isn't room for them?
What do you mean typical TJ/Blair student probably wouldn't get into STA or Sidwell (or GDS or Holton or Potomac or NCS)?[/quote]

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