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  • I find it very irritating when privates post everything but the cost. At least post what it was the year before to give us a range. I know we are to all assume they are about 30K but the fact is, for some of us the couple grand here and there DOES make a difference and we'd like to know.

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    08.21.08, 01:01 PM [ Flag ]

    • if you are that concerned re money, I'd not look at private. seriously, if it is that close and tight for you, it is going to be stressful over the long haul

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      08.21.08, 01:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Look, I don't need a snarky answer like you just typed out.

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        08.21.08, 01:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • not snarky, just pointing out the obvious

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          08.21.08, 01:05 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • SHUN

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            08.21.08, 01:07 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • How dare you judge like that. OP and her DH have a right to put all their resources into one thing if they so choose and her point makes sense. Barring the admission that there is price fixing, it is only fair for a school to give some idea if it will be 27k or 32k for any given year.

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            08.21.08, 01:08 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • how rude!

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        08.21.08, 01:04 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • I hear what OR is saying--it is kind of the truth. The prices are going to go up by at least 1k a year, every year. Signed, a mom who is pulling kid out of private bc we so cannot afford it.

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        08.21.08, 01:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • Do you mind telling us what year your child will have had the private education up to? I have seen a lot of kids leave excellent private elementaries and do so well on the tests the DOE gives that they loand in amazing middle schools. meanwhile the kids coming out of the DOE gen eds are struggling with tutors and so on for those same spots. It's scaring me.

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          08.21.08, 01:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • nnp: I have not seen a lot of kids in the situation you describe coming from publics. they may have tutors because the stakes are high for the test, but don't be fooled by that. most MC and above kids with ambitious parents do very well.

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            08.21.08, 01:49 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • C&C is guilty of this. No mention at all of the tution/fees but there is a section about they expect all families to kick in with donations annually.

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      08.21.08, 01:03 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • yeah, it really is a "lifestyle"

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        08.21.08, 01:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • NP. Am curious to hear more what you mean. Live near the school and was thinking maybe to look at it but know very little except it is called progressive and goes to 8th grade.TIA

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          08.21.08, 01:32 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

    • Virtually all of them post their current tuition on their websites. What are you talking about?

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      08.21.08, 01:35 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

      • Some don't

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        08.21.08, 01:36 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

        • I said virtually all of them. There wasn't a school that we looked at last year that didn't very clearly name the current costs. Many also listed the next year's tuition.

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          08.21.08, 01:38 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

          • If OP has seen websites not listing the tuition why attack her and say she didn't?

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            08.21.08, 01:39 PM [ Flagged | link to this post ]

            • I didn't say that she didn't. I asked her what she was talking about. Maybe she is looking in application materials for tuition amounts and not on websites. Nowhere in her post does she say "I have seen websites..." Those are your words.

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              08.21.08, 01:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
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