"America's Best Prep Schools"

<p>^Thank you for letting us know the story, same with you diamon.</p>

<p>I stand by my previous statement. I want to be wealthy enough so my kids can buy their way in. It’s a bonus if they’re actually smart enough to get in on their own.</p>

<p>Interesting stories. I don’t doubt the merit of a top private school. But if I ever have kids, I’d still probably send them to a public.</p>

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<p>I’m guessing that kid is not on FA? :P</p>

<p>I go to a private prep school. It isn’t on that list by any means. [I live in South Carolina and don’t remember seeing a SC school on that list or a southern school at all for that matter… but whatever. XD]</p>

<p>However, the education at my school is unparalleled by the local public schools. I only have one ‘option’ for public school… and our local high school sucks. I think it makes Newsweek’s Top 1000, but it shouldn’t. I hated my time in public school and it was way too easy.</p>

<p>People who say that public schools are adequate <em>generally</em> don’t know what they are talking about. I say this because most people who make these types of statements have never actually attended a private school. If you did, then you would understand the difference. It isn’t even just about the options for classes. It’s about the atmosphere, the students, the teachers, the relationships, the care, the want to learn.</p>

<p>As for being rich… I’m a student under the poverty line and have spent 10 out of 12 of my years in private school. There are a lot of financial aid and scholarships at most private schools. They like ‘diversity’. It makes them feel good.</p>

<p>Interesting perspective from some of you private school kids. Sorry if I sounded like it’s just the rich kids who go to private schools. My point was mostly how rich people don’t spend wisely all the time. There was a time when I wanted to try out for private school. But I decided against it because there’s more diversity in public schools, and where I’m from, there ARE smart, passionate people that I can hang around with. The teachers are pretty dedicated too. Only thing I regret is lack of course options.</p>

<p>i go to one of those…id rather not say which one though haha. but i love it everyone thinks we’re just rich nerds but not everyone here is rich and trust me we do not just buy our way into the ivy league. my boyfriend goes to the local charter school and was upset he didnt get into upenn and was like it sucks because if i went to your school i would’ve. but the thing is we give the schools quality students, they really help you think critically and encourage community service, athletics and club participation. i’m finishing my sophomore year and they just started talking to us about getting into a good college… the true purpose of the school is to make us well rounded people, not ivy league clones.
and my dream schools vanderbilt but well see :/</p>

<p>i go to one of those schools, too. it’s definitely not a parade of rich kids, over 20% of our school is on financial aid. it’s definitely not quite the accurate representation of NYC as a whole, but seeing as we draw mostly from manhattan…
anyways, something to keep in mind is that there is no correlation between RICH and STUPID. none, whatsoever.</p>

<p>it’s not a “rip-off”, either. in the long run, education speaks volumes and the education that we get at my school is unparalleled. obviously, the workload can be brutal but since we have a tiny class size (graduating class : 50~) people support each other. this doesn’t mean there isn’t competition, because there is, but it’s not absolutely cutthroat, we don’t cry over the fact that our best friend has a .1 higher GPA. as cliched as this sounds, it’s kind of like one big family (ahahaha i said it!).</p>

<p>anyways, seeing as it’s a school in the world of crazy NYC parents and wall street bankers, connections do play a part, but even if you’re from the bronx or whatnot, as long as you’re bright and willing to work hard, you have a chance! so let’s stop with the assumptions that we’re a league of rich kids that just buy our way into harvard, because we don’t. period.</p>

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<p>Interesting to hear, I would definitely expect it to be extremely cut-throat at schools like these</p>

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<p>That’s exactly how it is at my school. We have a class of about 40-50, also. One of my teachers just started teaching here after spending 40 years in the public school system. He continuously says that we are like a family. We are a lot closer than public school kids. It is probably because of the size.</p>

<p>I went to Horace Mann… Its not like this center for rich kids or anything. Its competitive but not everyone is rich. Actually, there are alot of middle income families too.</p>