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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You chose private school for college admissions? Really? I am a private school grad and parent and I can't imagine paying 60k/ year for a vague promise of college admissions. I chose private for the education quality and overall experience. I think the college admissions are just related to the caliber of students in the school + wealth + connected parents.

Agree. We pay for private school bc our kids will spend almost half of their lives at school and we want to choose a nurturing, supportive community to helps us raise them. Regardless of where our kids end up at college, private school has been a worthwhile investment.

[quote=Anonymous]Thinking ahead, I am wondering how long it will take for private high schools that grade harder to change their ways. While there certainly can be reasons to choose private high schools, it sounds like college admissions isn't one of them anymore. That's got to affect recruiting at these high schools eventually. Why pay when you can do as well or better in college admissions from a public high school, and do those reasons weigh heavily enough? The answer will differ by kid and family, but those living in an area with decent-but-not-even-stellar publics may find themselves leaning toward the public to the extent they heavily weigh college admissions outcomes.

We've been down this road with a private high school (not in the DC area), with older kid 3.4/1500, during the first admission season of test optional. A bit rough. Naviance was all wrong, as far as attempting to predict results. Our next kid attends a public with much easier grading but much weaker variety of EC options. Hard to guess on teaching quality, probably similar. Also similar average test scores between the schools. The private wasn't really worth it. Last kid will attend the private for other reasons (friends and activities), but we are wary of the grading situation - kid will have to tend to the GPA carefully.[/quote][/quote][/quote]

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