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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dont know what it's like coming out of public in nyc, but coming out of private, you can be in the bottom 25% of the class and get into Tufts.

And maybe this is the value in private? It puts in a bottom. You may not be going to HYP but you won't end up at  (insert a college ranked 100 )[/quote]

A friend of mine has a daughter that grinded it out in a upper middle class nyc suburb.  all sorts of EC.  4.0 GPA.  good ACT score.   Tufts was the best school she got into.
(and loves it, which is important!).   tough 4 years.

versus being middle of the pack at a 2T school and getting into Tufts or being in the bottom quartile at a TT and getting into Tufts.

the optionality of a better college with the "floor" of tufts is worth $300k to me if the alternative is a miserable 4 years fighting for each .01 on GPA at a top suburban school.  
Others make a different choice.

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Depends on what you do with the $300k from my experience. Many Ivy grads have to grind well into their 40's to make it worth it. Not everyone is going to reach the top of the pyramid in their field. [/quote]

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