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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At most “good” public and private schools, the top 10% gets into the very competitive, elite colleges.  By “good” meaning the schools like the W high schools and private schools like Sidwell.   The only private and public schools that send a greater percentage to kids that are not top 10%, are magnets like TJ, usually the top 20%, and top private schools like Andover, top 20%.   DC private schools including the Big3 are nowhere on par.

So kids with sub 3.0 gpas from the Big 3 go to the same colleges that the other 90% go including the 90% from public.[/quote]

Correct. And for a fraction of the cost. Sounds like a value proposition at play here. [b]Why do folks buy privates, hook line and sinker. [/b]Tip students will get into top schools regardless.  Middle of the road is just that…[/quote]

We send DS to private because:  1. We like the over the top facilities, small class size, the top academics…. basically everything  2. We have friends who either went to the school themselves and/or send their kids to the school and they raved about it.  3.   We can easily afford it so why not.  DS excels academically and likely would do fine anywhere but we want to send him where he enjoys school.

Our school is mostly boarding and for boarders, the tuition + fees are about the same as Princeton U and even more for foreigners, about the same as Columbia... And this is middle school.  The boarders get laundry service though unlike college.  The parents can send their kids to school anywhere but choose to send them here.

This is a whole other world from people arguing about value and cost of public vs private.[/quote]

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