Importance of Peer Group

motherofboys
Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:59:06 +0000

My son has gotten into most of the schools he applied to, but has only gotten substantial aid to his least favorites. His favorites are the schools with the well known names that are excellent schools with students who are all in the top 10% of their high school class. The schools which are more affordable are state schools which have good reputations but with maybe only half of the students being comparable to those in the private schools he got into. Although I really don’t want to go into major debt to fund his college education and I really do believe he can get a good education at these public schools, I am worried about his peer group. He now goes to a very competitive high school where all the students are really smart. What are people’s experiences, thoughts on this subject, etc??