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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a PP here. The amount of people here with family wealth or grandparents paying for it is so demoralizing. No wonder we feel broke. [/quote]

Not to be mean, but you are only kidding yourself if you think private schools are populated by anything but a majority of wealthy families; whether self made or via grandparents. Of course there are some in low 6 figure income families making the stretch to cover tuition and other families who are receiving substantial FA (but still making major sacrifices to cover their portion of tuition), but the vast majority of families who choose private school (vs subsidized parochial/religious schools) fit the uber wealth model. [/quote]

This- and when you see the college acceptance numbers, keep in mind that your schools applicants likely had full pay and legacy. If your kid doesn't those numbers are worthless to them in their situation ([b]or actively hurt them if schools don't want too many kids from the same high school)[/b] [/quote]

That's true for most private schools, but not all.

The high school I went to provides about 1% of Harvard's entering class each year. About 20% of the class goes to Ivies every year, and another 20-25% go to Ivy equivalent schools. That means a pretty high number of kids to each of those schools.

There are absolutely rich kids who go to that school, but lots of kids are on FA. [/quote]

there are unicorn schools- if my kids wen to Groton, I'd expect Harvard. I don't think schools like that really exist in this area [/quote]

PP here. No, they don't. I'm referring in my post to a NE prep school. I didn't go to an Ivy League school, but I also didn't apply to any. I got into both schools I applied to (one T10 and one T20). I went to the latter and found it exceptionally easy compared to high school. [/quote]

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