<p><<does it=“” really=“” make=“” a=“” difference=“” for=“” those=“” coming=“” in=“” with=“” the=“” appropriate=“” exposures=“” and=“” social=“” stimulation=“” their=“” home=“” school=“” environments?=“” (in=“” attending=“” bs)=“” are=“” latter=“” more=“” successful=“” $150,000-$200,000=“” investment?=“”>></does></p>
<p>This is what I’ve been trying to ask, the very same question, yet I’ve been called on the carpet in the past for wanting some “return on investment.”</p>
<p>Highly motivated kids who are in good public school settings esp those with programs enriched by parent funding publicly or privately (CTY programs, music programs etc.) will do very well without attending BS.</p>
<p>For this parent, our endpoint has changed. Getting into an ivy that hopefully would afford a top education is no longer the goal. Reading where college admissions are going and the ever decreasing percentage of kids who get into the top ivies on CC and the crapshoot college admissions has become, the reason for our child attending BS, is more to be in an environment where students and faculty both value education. I know our son is being challenged to deliver his best and to develop his full potential both academically and athletically and I like that.</p>
<p>I do think in the end, as he becomes an adult, he will be better off as more is being brought to bear at this formative stage in his development. It may not be as big a difference as someone who comes from a mediocre public school, but still more I am certain nevertheless. I also think he will still have more opportunites whether it be to go abroad for study in high school or join the Economics Team or get better exposure as a recruited athlete.</p>
<p>And I don’t work for any BS.</p>