the "great schools" vs. the "avoid schools" -- education quality vs. college admissions

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Anonymous wrote:Quotas.

I was a victim of this in the late 80s from a Fairfax Co. HS.

Top SATs, 4.2 gpA, class officer, varsity soccer and state HS Va champ since Freshman year, volunteer and wait-listed at UVA and William & Mary.

Better to be big fish in small pond.

Colleges will cap a certain number from each HS.

How odd. At my nova hs in the early 1990s, a very easy formula of well roundedness gout you into those places.

What school did you go to? in my early 90s FCPS we faced this. kids from certain FCPS school got into colleges that higher gpas didn't get into from "better" schools, since the better schools hit their quota. Yest the colleges claim it's urban legend, but you see it every year. This year I saw it with a neighbor, TJ kid didn't get in, but "normal" got in. (granted it was normal FCPS over achiever)

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Anonymous wrote:OP, keep in mind that ultra-wealthy kids and the schools that serve them often have their own set of issues. Maybe not the same issues as poor kids, but issues nonetheless. Think drugs, entitlement, lack of diversity, etc., etc.

What does lack of diversity do? Disrupt class, cause poor PTA involvement? Are the elementary school kids doing drugs wait that's in the poor kids schools.

Rich kids do a ton of drugs. They also usually have cars to get around to do them.

This just makes me laugh. So I guess the kids in small towns with little/no resources and nothing better to do aren't doing drugs? Give me a break. My husband comes from a tiny town where the kids who don't get out wind up doing meth at one another's houses due to lack of anything else to do. At least wealthier kids have access to more activities, a better education, and the knowledge that there is something more out there.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, keep in mind that ultra-wealthy kids and the schools that serve them often have their own set of issues. Maybe not the same issues as poor kids, but issues nonetheless. Think drugs, entitlement, lack of diversity, etc., etc.

What does lack of diversity do? Disrupt class, cause poor PTA involvement? Are the elementary school kids doing drugs wait that's in the poor kids schools.

Rich kids do a ton of drugs. They also usually have cars to get around to do them.

What defines a "rich kid"? We're very comfortable, with a net worth near $10 million. We usually take one vacation a year, sometimes abroad but usually to visit relatives. Our kids get a token allowance if they do their chores, and have no access to our bank, securities and retirement accounts. They share an older car, and are expected to fill it up with gas if it's close to empty. Their peers seem to have similar lives.

Are you saying your kids are not rich kids? Because they are, even if you are cheap rich parents.

I'm saying they don't have access to the money to engage in stereotypical rich kid behavior, even though many like to paint all children of affluent parents with the same brush. It seems to make some posters feel better about their own circumstances.

Good for you. Do your kids go to Langley? Have you asked them if there are drugs there, and if they said no, did you believe them?

Seriously? Not the PP, but are you the tired old Langley basher, rearing your head once again? Last time I checked, there were kids at ALL HIGH SCHOOLS doing drugs. There is not one high school in this country that doesn't have some kids who do drugs. You're just going to have to deal with that cold, hard fact - regardless of where your snowflake goes to school. Bullis, perchance?