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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You keep describing your current school as this wonderful, nurturing environment...which unless everyone else is lying, is absolutely not how it will be once they hit HS.  Big3 is not whole-child nurturing at HS.

It is odd that you are sending your kid to a school where HS will be every bit as stressful as an Ivy school...so they should be absolutely fully prepared to handle that environment.  They Ivy school should not be stressful to them...your Big3 school is preparing them for that exact environment.[/quote]
PP said: "The stress doesn't come until HS, maybe a tiny bit in MS." These schools are absolutely whole-child nuturing up in lower school, and to some extent in middle school too.[/quote]

I hear what you are saying, but it is a 180-degree turn come HS.  Maybe that is by design...if they did the 180-degree turn in 6th grade, then more people would say I can't sign up for 7 years of this.  However, once you are in HS...you are kind of beholden.

I am just trying to reconcile the cognitive disconnect.  Why discourage your kid from an Ivy school when they are now in one of the best positions to capitalize on that Ivy school due to their HS training?  That is all.[/quote]

Because Ivy is not the end goal for many people.  Believe it or not most private school families come for the education.  That doesn't mean path to ivy; it means a well rounded education.  It's hard for "ivy or bust" mentalities to understand, but it's the truth.  Many of these families stay through HS because of the community and relationships, which is part of the whe child development (social and emotional).  It's not just the academics.  To OPs point, if it's JUST academic for you, hire tutors, you might be disappointed with the result otherwise.[/quote]

No, PP was saying they don’t want Ivy due to the stress of an Ivy…not any of the stuff you list above.

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