Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?

[Anonymous]

I know there will be a lot of negative comments, but the legacy at these Big 3 schools is insane and we have none, nada. My kid was fine at the school, but we are not terribly impressed. Outside of MCPS (which I know is insane too), where can your kid stand out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know there will be a lot of negative comments, but the legacy at these Big 3 schools is insane and we have none, nada. My kid was fine at the school, but we are not terribly impressed. Outside of MCPS (which I know is insane too), where can your kid stand out?

North Dakota

[Anonymous]

Maybe a Native American reservation?

[Anonymous]

DH has talked about moving to Wyoming for a couple of years, to get the kids through high school. It scares me how serious he is about this idea.

[Anonymous]

Alexandria or south Arlington public.

[Anonymous]

Eastern side of MoCo. Pennsylvania. West Virginia.

[Anonymous]

You cannot stand out if no one is looking, and that’s the reality of the schools you seek. You can blame the legacies if you stay put, but things can always be worse.

[Anonymous]

You people who are considering moving to BF Egypt for better college admissions are insane.

[Anonymous]

West Virginia or Mississippi

[Anonymous]

You have lost your mind.

[Anonymous]

Homeschool if you could have some other kind of hook. Does your kid excel in a particular area like math, music, art, arcane sport, or languages? If so, you could accelerate with homeschooling. I know of siblings who are homeschooled to hyper focus on math, and another who is fluent in several languages through being homeschooled (parents are language professors). This seems better than moving to Alaska.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:West Virginia or Mississippi

Tiger parents exist there too.

[Anonymous]

Keep in mind that a kid may not be as well prepared for college coming from a smaller state or rural district. I grew up in Ohio, so middle of the pack overall on public education, maybe slightly above average. I went to one of our large state non-flagships for college. I was shocked at how some of my classmates had zero AP classes offered at their high school, or maybe just 1 or 2. Their math classes stopped at pre-Calc for seniors. It was particularly hard for kids going into a STEM major.

[Anonymous]

Boarding school. A bad result from Andover is a good result from most other schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that a kid may not be as well prepared for college coming from a smaller state or rural district. I grew up in Ohio, so middle of the pack overall on public education, maybe slightly above average. I went to one of our large state non-flagships for college. I was shocked at how some of my classmates had zero AP classes offered at their high school, or maybe just 1 or 2. Their math classes stopped at pre-Calc for seniors. It was particularly hard for kids going into a STEM major.

That was me. My high school classes had the right titles, but first year classes at a NESAC were so hard that I gave up on a math major.