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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in San Francisco. The best public high school is Lowell (followed by Sota, a school for the arts, but it has a heavy drug culture).  The girl who gave us (me and DD, then an 8th grader) a tour, CRIED DURING THE TOUR.  She said she never gets to sleep before 2am, and cries from stress every day. I wouldn't even let DD take the exam to get accepted.  I don't want her spending four years being miserable.

She's going to attend a high school that's considered decent (no significant gang or drug culture, engaged and driven teachers) instead.  She'll do very well, fairly easily.  She will have a higher GPA from this school than if she went to Lowell. She will rank higher among her peers at this school.

DD won't get into Stanford. She'll wind up at some other UC, and do fine.  My goal is not an Ivy for her.  It's that she learns and has an enjoyable life.[/quote]
ITA.. but you know there are those who only want the top tier.

-signed a former Bay Area resident.  I miss that place *sniff*.[/quote]

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