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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To our surprise, DD was accepted to Cold Spring HGC.  She is bright, hard working, curious, creative but has a slower and more deliberate approach to her work.  She does not have an official ADHD diagnosis, but we would not be surprise if she would be given one for her slow processing speed.  Her current home school isn't necessarily challenging her, but it is not as though she is very bored.  Most of the time, she finishes her work quite slowly but on time.  However, once every so often, she does require her teacher's reminder to make sure she works to elaborate on her writing responses to reading group books.  Otherwise, she scores extremely high on tests, is a great (but slow) writer.  She does have peers at her school who are equally bright and motivated.

We are on the fence with the HGC, particularly since it is at Cold Spring (seems the kids there have such high test scores that it is a bit intimidating).  I do think she will be fine and eventually adapt and meet her potential wherever she goes, but I am questioning if the extra stress this early in her academics lifetime is the right decision.

For Cold Spring HGC parents, can you speak to the dynamics at HGC?  What are the biggest pros and cons you have experienced?  How well do the kids interact with other HGC classmates and the other homeschool kids?  How are the teachers -- I heard they have an older experienced female teacher and a very young mid-20's male teacher?  Do the teachers work with the students' specific learning potential and needs, or is the class so large and the pace so quick that this isn't possible?  I do worry about DD's slower speed.  Is it worthwhile to go to Cold Spring when we feel DD's current homeschool has some equivalent performing peers already, which is not to say they will be appropriately enriched but hopefully they will still continue to be grouped together? [/quote]

Don't worry. My kid is also slow. He even did not complete all questions on the GT tests. I am sure they will find their ways out. That's part of the challenge they are asking for.[/quote]

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