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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Actually, I think it's funny, regardless of school, that people are counting on their kids' HS network to provide them with career opportunities.  [/quote]

Attending a top tier BS is a seal of approval of sorts, just as is a diploma from Yale or Williams or Princeton, or having attended St. Albans/NCS, Maret, Sidwell, etc. in DC.  And attending TJ, in some circles I'm sure too.  When a friend told me his DC got into Penn a few years ago but was considering a 2nd tier liberal arts school due to a big tuition discount, I wanted to fall all over myself (but didn't) to say of course kid should go to Penn --- both schools might provide a great education but the longstanding value of a Penn diploma, professionally and socially, is worth it in the long run.

School background may not matter if you're in the top 0.001% in Silicon Valley but elsewhere in the US it can certainly help === again, it's like a seal of approval.[/quote]

No, attending a top boarding school is not a seal of approval comparable to an undergrad degree from HYPS.  It's more often a marker of wealth (usually hereditary) and/or desperation (e.g. no viable public or private schools where the family lives or separation between parents and child is desired or necessary).  The vast majority of really smart and/or talented kids never apply to boarding schools.  And while TJ and BS serve different constituencies, kids from both often aspire to and, in some cases, may matriculate at the same elite universities.  At which point, the BS kids, who may have an easier time transitioning initially, typically do not end up at the top of their college classes.  
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I think BS is an indicator of inherited wealth which means you can get by with a 3.4 from a SLAC vs. a 3.9 from HYPS which you fought for b/c you were on scholarship. TJ is a true meritocracy which angers people and causes resentment from blue-bloods which people strivers and poorer people. Just look at the guy who calls it Herndon school for the financially gifted.  IMO what would be interesting is a study of where TJ grads' kids end up going to high school. [/quote]

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