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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](and certainly makes it seem worth it to try to get your kid into one)[/quote]

The problem there is always post hoc ergo propter hoc - how much of this is kids getting into Ivies because they went to that school versus kids who were going to get into an Ivy anyway regardless of which high school they attend.

There are two basic "costs" to going to a TT school like HM or Brearley:

1) The actual financial cost, the impact of with varies wildly but which I think for most of the people posting here is a non-trivial burden; it is, however, more-or-less the same at every private school.

2) The burden and opportunity cost for your kid of going to a school with a heavy academic workload.

Of course the second would also apply going to an SHSAT high school.

So the basic questions you have to ask are:

a) Will my child's college admissions prospects be improved by going to *a* private school;
b) Will my child's college admissions prospects be improved further by going to *this* private school;
c) Will this improvement be enough to offset the costs/downsides of going to this school, some of which can end up impacting college as well.

Remember that they also have to grow as a person in the 4 or 7 years we're talking about; if maintaining a good GPA at Brearley and paying $70k/year in tuition means sacrificing other things that contribute to that growth, it might well not be worth it.[/quote]

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