Where do average students go to school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do students in public school even end up with a GPA that low these days? If they are taking honors and AP courses, their GPA should be higher than that if they actually belong in those classes. If they aren’t in those classes, are they really college bound?

You're an a$$

PP is telling the truth. Normal/regular track courses are literally 4-plus years behind. It's a joke and your child will be several years behind college readiness, no matter if they have all As and Bs.

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Tulane

[Anonymous]

PP is telling the truth. Normal/regular track courses are literally 4-plus years behind. It's a joke and your child will be several years behind college readiness, no matter if they have all As and Bs.

No, PP is not telling the truth. You don't have to be taking Honors/AP Courses all through HS to go to college or to be ready to go to college. Honors/AP courses didn't exist when I when to school, yet I went to college and turned out fine.

The average student will most likely attend the average school. Average is OK. There's nothing wrong with average.

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Anonymous wrote:Nothing wrong with "average." I went to University of Delaware.

Great jobs and career after graduation.

As the other poster said....there is a lot to be said
for life skills.

I know a lot of Ivy League graduates working
in retail or as secretaries post graduation or otherwise
doing jobs you could get with a high school degree only.

A lot? Really? The only ones I know doing jobs like that are young and working those flexible jobs in the side as they are supporting themselves while chasing another dream like going on auditions during the day, interning somewhere else that is prestigious but low paying like a magazine, doing campaign work they believe in, or getting a grad degree. They aren’t working retail because they can’t find another job or don’t have other aspirations.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anywhere they want if their parents have enough money (see Lori Loughlin and Jared Kushner)

Or Chelsea Clinton.

B.A. degree in history, with highest honors, at Stanford in 2001
MPhil degree in international relations at Oxford in 2003
Ph.D degree in International Relations at NYU in 2014

Very average indeed [sarcasm].

Yep. You might not like her parents or their politics but they are both very bright and intelligence is at least somewhat inherited. And she was surrounded by smart people who value education and great opportunities to grow academically and learn growing up. Chelsea is worlds different from someone like Olivia jade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

PP is telling the truth. Normal/regular track courses are literally 4-plus years behind. It's a joke and your child will be several years behind college readiness, no matter if they have all As and Bs.

No, PP is not telling the truth. You don't have to be taking Honors/AP Courses all through HS to go to college or to be ready to go to college. Honors/AP courses didn't exist when I when to school, yet I went to college and turned out fine.

The average student will most likely attend the average school. Average is OK. There's nothing wrong with average.

That's because the regular classes back then had students in them who weren't just warming the seats. Now parents want advanced classes so their kids don't have to be in regular classes with the not so bright kids who may end in college but probably won't finish.

[Anonymous]

Most of the honors and AP kids are NOT college ready, so how could you possibly think flunky track kids are anywhere close to university material? Illogical.

[Anonymous]

Most of the honors and AP kids are NOT college ready, so how could you possibly think flunky track kids are anywhere close to university material? Illogical.

The fact that you said "flunky track" kids is absurd. Being ready for college is not all about academics...it's also about being ready maturity wise and having the life skills to transition to adulthood...which is part of the college experience IMHO.

For example, the average kid who has a learning disability and has a math learning differential and can only get so far in math with poor grades yet can accomplish a dual enrollment course getting an A, start her own business, earn multiple non-academic awards...yes, she's ready for college. With that being said...the college won't be Harvard, Yale or even W&M/UVA/Va. Tech. Which is fine.

The average kid described above is also mature enough to understand that she will do better in a small college where she will receive more "attention" and help if needed. She is also mature enough to know which career path is more suited to her abilities. She is not going into pre-med and does not plan to major in anything that requires high level of STEM, etc.

APs are overrated IMHO and I'm not alone: https://www.cornellrooseveltinstitute.org/edu/why-ap-courses-are-overrated

If a student has the ability to take APs and Honors...AND can maintain a high GPA and pass said AP exams, then by all means that student may also be ready to shoot for colleges such as Harvard, Yale, W&M/UVA/Va. Tech. Good for them! They may someday maybe become the doctors, lawyers, etc. of the world. But that student could also be the one who has a nervous breakdown in college due to stress, that student could still be the one who gets a C average at UVA (personally know to me BTW) and therefore has limited choices in law schools.

The DCUM mentality of "if you don't take any APs/Honors then you aren't ready for college" is again, absurd. Also probably why so many teens these days have anxiety and turn to juuling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do students in public school even end up with a GPA that low these days? If they are taking honors and AP courses, their GPA should be higher than that if they actually belong in those classes. If they aren’t in those classes, are they really college bound?

You're an a$$

PP is telling the truth. Normal/regular track courses are literally 4-plus years behind. It's a joke and your child will be several years behind college readiness, no matter if they have all As and Bs.

This is true for public schools, not for college-prep Catholic, religious and other independent schools. In fact, many saw the schools’ honora Classes are tougher than AP because the teachers develop the curriculum and it’s not all memorization, like AP.

[Anonymous]

Michigan and Cornell, the two most overrated universities in the United States

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan and Cornell, the two most overrated universities in the United States

No, Uva and UNC are.

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Anonymous wrote:Michigan and Cornell, the two most overrated universities in the United States

Dude you have to stop posting; every day, we get it. It's very sad. You make us the sad.

[Anonymous]

Look into the Claremont Colleges in California. Top notch schools academically, but not too hard to get into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of the honors and AP kids are NOT college ready, so how could you possibly think flunky track kids are anywhere close to university material? Illogical.

Good lord you’re an imbecile. My DC only took 5 APs in HS and is doing swimmingly well at an Ivy your child will never attend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look into the Claremont Colleges in California. Top notch schools academically, but not too hard to get into.

? Pomona is not hrd to get into?