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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I’m like you. Small town, elite college, even an engineer.

Did fine? So your HHI is like $200k — guessing from being in a condo looking at lower price SFH.

[b]That is fine but going to a better pyramid opens up a network of people to learn and benefit from, peers who succeed and can refer you, parents with even more successful careers to give advice to their kids friends. I saw it at my elite college, having others from your circle helps a lot. [/b]

You did fine, but a better school let’s your kids do better. [/quote]

+1. You may have “did fine,” but it doesn’t sound like you’ve done great. Wouldn’t you like your kids to do better than just fine?[/quote]

Control for income and there is no evidence that similar kids do better at Langley than at Justice.[/quote]

I went to Justice HS as a refugee when it was still under the name Stuart.  The school was terrible, lot of fighting between Asians and white kids, Asians and black kids, Asians and Hispanics, etc...  I did OK.  I have been living in Mclean for the past twenty years and I have one kid at Potomac school and two kids at Langley HS.

[b]Going to a better pyramid is so much better at many levels.  There are so many successful people with kids at both Potomac school and Langley HS and they are more than willing to help my kids with both professional and personal finance advises.  Several families offer my kids summer internships.  I lost my job last year and one of the parents who is a CEO of a consultant company hired me and my salary increased by 40%.  
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Those opportunities are not likely to happen at Justice.[/quote]

This is probably the biggest legitimate difference between high and lower-income pyramids.  Other factors mentioned here--not so much.  If this is something that matters strongly to you, then you should probably spend more for a "top" school. If you care more about things like avoiding entitlement and fostering empathy for those who are less fortunate, you're probably better off at a school like Justice.  [/quote]

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