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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All this talk of bad exmissions and nearly every K-8 hiding their exact outcomes on their websites makes me question why anyone would choose these schools over a decent K-12. If a median student at Buckley doesn’t have a shot at a TT then it’s really not a decent value proposition [/quote]

Sometimes the right school at K is not the right school for high school. Also, what is “bad exmissions”? Would Sacred Heart, Avenues, Grace or Trevor be considered “bad”?
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Sacred heart is for girls. Avenues and Trevor would be “bad” for someone who worked hard and paid a lot of money for a good boys K-8 and found themselves at median. At least, it is below what a lot of parents would expect going into K. The schools don’t publish accurate emissions so how would they know going in [/quote]

I know SH is for girls. My point is that if you’re using a strict definition of “TT” there just aren’t that many options. Dalton only expands by 20–25 kids for 9th and Collegiate only expands through attrition. Trinity and HM take more kids but obviously they can’t take all the qualified kids.  If you have a boy then you’ve eliminated  3 of the schools on this short list of TT schools. Even a good K-8 is going to send kids to variety of schools.  The kids at our school are going everywhere from TT-3T and some Catholics. They are all good schools though.

You have to prepared for your kid not to get into the top, top schools and also be self-aware enough to know that your kid may not be a good fit for a very grindy school. It’s a difficult choice for upper middle class families. If 70k a year is nothing to your family then your kid doesn’t have much to worry about and will likely be fine wherever they go.

You have to do the same math when thinking about college exmissions. Most kids are not getting into an Ivy no matter where they go.  Think twice spending the money if you’ll be really disappointed with Emory or Kenyon.[/quote]

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