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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If we changed the title of this thread to "Interested in suggestions of colleges for "standard strong" DS" I think we would be having a much better conversation and I think that is what the OP meant.[/quote]

OP: Yes! Oh my goodness. I didn't mean I was chewing my nails. It's more that I get waves of "wow, X's kid who aced Calc 3 in middle school and got a 1590 SAT just got rejected from a T30, where the heck will my kid go?" I absolutely appreciate that I have a normal bright well-adjusted kid, I really do.

And I don't have a problem with SUNY schools. I think I'm secretly hoping he'll wind up at Binghamton. But we can full pay (I feel like I mentioned this?), so we are going to cast a broader net. Whether certain private schools are "worth it" is a discussion we can have down the line.[/quote]

Thank you. You sound like a very reasonable person and it seems like there is fortunately some good advice here mixed in with some garbage. And you did mention that you can do full pay. After four years at an SHSAT school I think a private school might be good for your kid vs. a SUNY, though it depends on the private. Did they go to public K-8?[/quote]

TY. And I kind of agree about the private vs SUNY although, as I said, I have no problem at all with SUNYs and if that winds up being the route he takes, great. We know many, many, kids doing well at Binghamton and Stonybrook. Less so the other SUNYs.

He did go to K - 8 public and he/we were very happy with it. We never really looked at private schools, mostly for financial reasons, and also because we were fortunate to have very good public options all along. I really don't regret the HS choice even if it means a harder road for college admissions (though we would have LOVED the option of Elro or Beacon- damn DOE lottery).[/quote]

Beacon is over-rated. ElRo is a gem. Praying my younger won wins the lottery in a few years and gets in there.

Binghamton and Stony Brook are incredible schools. And I wouldn't "settle" for a private to avoid them. But coming from an SHSAT school, it would largely be four more years of HS. Which is great for those who don't have the resources. But if you can afford it and have a good private option your son is excited about, I would do private.[/quote]

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