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[quote=Anonymous]Op thanks for sharing.

I just made the move to put my daughter in an elite private (not in DC) in mid elementary. I am feeling good about it but nothing to do with college placement. The reality is that life is a continuum - high school prepares you for life and so does college. Getting into an elite college doesn’t set you up for life. (I am a prof at an elite university so see a lot of kids on an ongoing basis). It doesn’t even get you the best classes. Or access to professors, who are increasingly busy with non classroom duties. Yes you can do research in my lab but you will probably talk to me twice in person. Not because I am mean but because I do six other jobs as a professor.

I can’t imagine that anyone on this board thought private school would get you into a fancy school. It probably doesn’t rule you out of one. But to the extent it any schooling situation cultivates  responsibility, leadership, character, innovation and/or effectiveness these are what is needed.

Really your students are up against those from Tsinghua, Oxford, Stanford and also top land grant universities that provide an extraordinary education and bring needed perspectives and a great attitude and work ethic.

There is no easy answer. Go with the fundamentals, history shows us this long view.

OP is law school still a good deal these days? I have no idea, so asking.

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