<p>I agree with you Marite. I’m not saying private schools are “bad”, but I looked at Ziggi’s links, and thought, whoa, my friends just moved to Dallas to avoid all this! And I really do think that a kid with Ivy potential can be served just as well in a public school or less “prestigious” private school than one that has a reputation for placing its students in the ivy league. Not to mention that maybe the best college experience for a particular kid is not one of the ivies. So perhaps we are saying the same thing. But I do agree with what you said.</p>
<p>otoh, maybe I’m just jealous we couldn’t afford the pricey Episcopal school ourselves. But seriously, I know kids who’ve gotten in Yale, MIT, Harvard, etc from a Catholic school, a public magnet school, etc. I really don’t think it matters all that much.</p>