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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]cmon - have no dog in this fight but sooo obvious in my wealthy DCUM enclave that a large majority of parents send their kids to privates because they feel it puts them on a path for a T15.  When this doesn’t materialize and they are applying to - horror upon horror - Clemson, U Delaware, Gettysburg - they are almost embarrassed at the cocktail parties or water cooler.  Larlo going to a 50th ranked national university or LAC wasn’t part of the plan and doesn’t impress anyone, and $200k+ of high school tuition feels like it may have been a bit much.  They can’t reconcile how their kid is going to Skidmore while the local public is sending kids to Vandy TO.  Then the defensiveness, complaining, and finger pointing starts - grade deflation, URMs, “I’m just happy they are getting a better education than everyone else”, etc etc[/quote]
I honestly didn’t think much about where my kids would end going to college when I enrolled them in private.  I was impressed with how well students were prepared when they got to college.  
Now that I have a kid in in high school, matriculation has become more relevant.[/quote]

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