The REAL Housewifes of Orange County

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

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.

Public HIGH schools in NYC, even in the neighborhoods these women are living in, are kind of hit-or-miss. There are approximately 6 public high schools in New York City that are constantly ranked among the top schools in America, and that regularly send their graduates to Ivy-caliber colleges. That said, those 6 schools are very, very difficult to get into. The 10-15 top private schools are very selective as well, but your odds of getting into one of those is higher than getting into Stuyvesant or Bronx Sci because of the money factor.

NYC schools just aren't the same as they are anywhere else. Most cities in the country, and definitely in suburban areas, you really can send your child to the neighborhood school and guarantee an excellent education that would prepare them for the top schools in the country. Here? Not so much.

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Public HIGH schools in NYC, even in the neighborhoods these women are living in, are kind of hit-or-miss. There are approximately 6 public high schools in New York City that are constantly ranked among the top schools in America, and that regularly send their graduates to Ivy-caliber colleges. That said, those 6 schools are very, very difficult to get into. The 10-15 top private schools are very selective as well, but your odds of getting into one of those is higher than getting into Stuyvesant or Bronx Sci because of the money factor.

NYC schools just aren't the same as they are anywhere else. Most cities in the country, and definitely in suburban areas, you really can send your child to the neighborhood school and guarantee an excellent education that would prepare them for the top schools in the country. Here? Not so much.

Oh city schools! Is it bad that as an employee of one of the not that great public schools I've already decided my kids will commute with me and go to the Catholic school across the street from my school?

And don't even get me started on why the most inexperienced teachers are at the most difficult/worst public schools....