<p>I THINK Harker is an high profile private school that is difficult to get it. Yes, it might help you to get in good college, but it all depends on your kid, I have seen good stories(MIT graduate), bad stories(Cornell drop out) and mediocre stories(admitted to Whitman) for ppl sending kids to private schools. But public school kids got into the same colleges as well. So spend the money if you want… It all depneds on the kid. I would save them for the graduate school.</p>