The biggest pressure cooker in the dmv?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BASIS

+1

Not for all.

[Anonymous]

NCS and TJ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:RMIB, a moco magnet

+ 1.

RMIB is relentless. Worse than Blair, TJ and PHS. Mainly because students are being evaluated by international standards.

Agreed -Parents of Blair Student

[Anonymous]

BASIS. Middle school students have final exams they must pass in order to advance to the next grade. Mandatory AP courses start in the 9th grade. Students take three science courses at the same time, and the typical math trajectory is to complete through BC calculus by the end of senior year. One hour of math hw per night is expected in addition to the other subjects students may have. Students do not get the 45 or 55-minute study halls that students at other schools often have during the day, and their school day is longer. IMO it’s not a great fit for a lot of kids.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell. Loads of kids start early getting tutored to get through the pressure--- so the kids that can't afford tutors get even more pressured and don't get why they can't keep up--- while everyone including parents and teachers act like all the kids are naturally talented...not healthy...people complain to each other in hushed tones and then say they love the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell. Loads of kids start early getting tutored to get through the pressure--- so the kids that can't afford tutors get even more pressured and don't get why they can't keep up--- while everyone including parents and teachers act like all the kids are naturally talented...not healthy...people complain to each other in hushed tones and then say they love the school.

As someone who has taught and tutored private school kids, I think families really overestimate how many children receive tutoring. A lot of the rumors start from students, who are not reliable narrators. Perception is not reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles

didnt write DMV, I wrote dmv.

dmv for small cars only

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RMIB, a moco magnet

Ugh... for sure. This!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell. Loads of kids start early getting tutored to get through the pressure--- so the kids that can't afford tutors get even more pressured and don't get why they can't keep up--- while everyone including parents and teachers act like all the kids are naturally talented...not healthy...people complain to each other in hushed tones and then say they love the school.

As someone who has taught and tutored private school kids, I think families really overestimate how many children receive tutoring. A lot of the rumors start from students, who are not reliable narrators. Perception is not reality.

New poster. I don't usually post on these sorts of threads, but my kids went to private school here, and nearly ALL their fiends had tutors throughout elementary, some starting in second grade. So you are wrong.

[Anonymous]

PP: Friends, not fiends, though that was an interesting slip!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BASIS

+1

It is not a pressure cooker for everyone. Certain kids don't finish the work and it's OK. There are those who get credit for completing work and they get full credit for completion while others don't. Certain kids take multiple retakes of exams until they score perfect while others don't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BASIS. It's basically a college attended by high school students.

And middle school students

So is everyone getting perfect SAT and ACT scores?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
New poster. I don't usually post on these sorts of threads, but my kids went to private school here, and nearly ALL their fiends had tutors throughout elementary, some starting in second grade. So you are wrong.

"All my kids' friends" is not a statistically valid sample. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

How do Langley and McLean High compare? Are they pressure cookers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do Langley and McLean High compare? Are they pressure cookers.

More pressure than many of the base schools. Less pressure than the highly selective magnets and the tip top privates. Woodson has the Rep of being the worse FCPS in terms of pressure though (besides TJ). Not sure that’s a good thing though. if you are ta TJ and it doesn’t work for you, you can drop back at any time. Not so for base schools.