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Originally Posted by tld221
I'm pretty sure the private school thing (and not just ANY private school, but the ones that require you to be on waiting lists from conception) is just as much a Society thing as attending charity events. Because private schools are just as dime a dozen asa public schools but only a portion of them mean anything when it comes to college admissions. Not that i'm an expert, but i've met many of private school grads who probably would've fared the same in public school.
And in my experience, private schools get reps under three categories - how whore-y the girls are, how awesome the sports teams are, or how much money you need to get in. Which is essentially what colleges do. private HS leads into private college which lead into more private circles, social, professional or otherwise.
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It's so silly, because a good portion of kids at private universities went to public high schools, and a lot of kids from public high schools go on to private colleges. Myself being one. Maybe the public schools close to where these women live in NYC are not quality schools? If that's the case, I get it. But I really don't understand why most people spend so much money putting their kids in a private, "elite" kindegarten or nursery school.