<p>It doesn’t surprise me that there are youngish children who aspire to ivies. Those are among the most widely recognized college names. What amazes me are the kids who post here about their “dream” prep schools. I don’t even live in a rural area, and my kids had never heard of the acronym schools, nor any prep school other than a couple of obscure ones in our area. Maybe most of the kids who post here about acronym schools are from private middle schools, where virtually everyone goes to prep school?</p>