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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did very well in college, and [b]it was much easier for me than it appeared to be for probably 1/2 the people on my dorm floor freshman year. 
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I wouldn't have gotten into an Ivy League, but honestly, after 12 years at my school I needed a change and pretty much only applied to big state schools. I felt like most people at my school were pretty much the same and I just needed something different. I'm very glad I went to a big state school.

Academically, I feel like the education was very good. However, particularly by the time you get to high school, it seems like the school had essentially already determined who would go to a Ivy League school, and those were the kids worth helping. A few teachers were the exception, but I remember after getting As in 2 English classes with the same teacher, he said he couldn't write me a letter of recommendation because he already had too many to write. I then found out he was writing one for my friend (who got an A- in the one class she took with him) who ended up attending Harvard. I learned he only wrote letters of rec for kids going to Ivys/Stanford/a private "elite" school because they were more worthwhile.

I don't have kids yet, but my husband and I have already decided that we will likely send our kids to public school. My experience at private school factored into this decision, but was not the main factor. [/quote]

NP with two kids in private DC schools and honestly, I hate it when people talk about this as a Plus for sending kids to independent schools. Why would I want to set my kids up for an "easy" experience, when they are away from home for the first time??!! I want them to continue to feel challenged throughout college and frankly, I hear too many people say that they find college easy after slogging through the years of a DC private education.[/quote]

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