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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some private high schools offer the same kind of connections that are associated with attendance at Ivy-level schools. College admissions are not the only perk.[/quote]

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Ours has a better network (particularly for DC) than his Ivy.  It’s been around over 200 years [/quote]

This article is obnoxious but indicative of this sort of thing: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/nyregion/spring-break-paradise-island-bahamas.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes[/quote]

Networking at… Atlantis? Ok..[/quote]

They're meeting and connecting with one another, then following on SM. So, yes. That's how you grow your network, and for a certain demographic it starts at private school, sleepaway camp, etc.[/quote]

I don’t doubt that there are some networking advantages later on but this article and the spring break trips are not about “networking”! They are kids going on spring break trips together. I guess the point you’re making is that friendships from high school may turn out to be useful later on to people, where the high school demographic is likely to end up in positions of leadership, etc. That is true but would be true for a lot of public schools in this area as well as privates.[/quote]

I'm not saying they are about networking. They are an example of the settings in which networking connections get made---who meets, socializes, and remains in contact with whom. It all doesn't magically start at Yale.[/quote]

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