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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in a fortunate situation financially...never considered private schools to be justified from a Return on Investment, but they do have benefits.  If money was a non-issue, would you go private or a W school?[/quote]

Hmm, since you are posting this in the MCPS forum where the ‘W’ parents are, I suspect everyone is going to say no, they would not. You need to post this in the private school forum and ask parents who have either done it or are contemplating it.  Most parents  here know nothing about    private school or are misinformed. In fact, I know this same question has been asked there. The ‘W’ schools are used as a friend of reference in that forum sometimes.   It’s worth taking a look.

Also, we made the switch and have no regrets.   It’s like night and day but I will say it depends on what private school you choose.  Look carefully and read reviews.  [/quote]

At some point everyone here is going to realize this was a troll posting or the private school parent(s) will just never accept that some of us are able to afford private schools and yet are just fine with our kids in public school.  Some of the “just fine Group” have checked out private schools and still chose public.  Some of us went to these top private schools ourselves and guess where our kids are… in public. Some of us have not had a reason to look at private schools.  Either way, there is a huge group of parents in this area that can afford private school and yet still send there kid to public school.   If you can’t wrap your mind around that, it’s okay, we have, so have our kids. There’s no need for you to worry about our kids, they’re doing great.[/quote]

ikr, the private school parents are really defensive. I wonder why they care so much?  [/quote]

Yes you’re right! We’re DESPERATE for your kids to enroll. PLEASE apply! We’re begging you.[/quote]

Because if their DD doesn't get into an Ivy+, then it'll be seen as a major let down. They don't want to be reminded of paying their property taxes (and not getting the public school benefits) and burning through at least a half million in private school tuition when their DD could've graduated from a W and still matriculated to the same George Washington, Pittsburgh or a mediocre SLAC.[/quote]

Your post is barely coherent. [/quote]

I found the post easy to follow, except that I don't know what an Ivy+ is.[/quote]

I think maybe PP is saying that private school kids still get into the same colleges, so it’s not worth the money?[/quote]

Yes, that's correct. They're going to be really disappointed if their DD could've just gone to a public W and achieved the same result. They'll never admit this. It'll be cloaked in "small classrooms", "individual attention" or some other experiential benefit. For most of them, the juice isn't worth the squeeze.[/quote]

You deeply misunderstand the benefits of a top notch private school education. It’s not just about trying to somehow game the college admissions system.[/quote]

PP, should I add the individual level of faculty attention, the peer and alumni network, the resources showered upon you once you arrive on campus, and/or the signaling benefits of being an alumnus? Perhaps, it's the alleged "life experience and maturity" (i.e., class) gained at a boarding school? I have friends that attended Andover, Harvard-Westlake, and Dalton. I have friends who attended Sidwell, NCS and other local haunts. My father went to one of these. Many of these kids would've done just fine going to a W school - an education that they could've had for free. Unfortunately, there are quite a few parents deluding themselves into thinking their DD is special. It'll be a sad day when they wake up and realize they're not. They'll comfort themselves that the aforementioned benefits somehow justified the cost.[/quote]

I went to college with people who went to Andover etc., and mainly what I observed was a well-developed ability to get drunk four nights a week while still maintaining good grades.[/quote]

I went to Andover, so can speak from direct experience. It was 100 times more challenging than even college.

While of course some of my fellow alums partied their way through university, most of us did not. [/quote]

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