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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you’re from DC or the northeast, so you still find Chicago to be a great city? Do you find New Trier and the Glenbrooks to truly be on par with TJ or Stuyvesant for example, or are they just[b] top schools for Illinois (which has terrible schools overall)? [/b]What would be the DC/NOVA/MD equivalent to Maine South?

I’m asking because all I hear is about how pressure cooker NT is, but my experience in Illinois so far is that these are not the sharpest people I’ve met around. I’m wondering if New Trier families and students have a lot of wealth but in terms of education are more on par with say Marshall or Wilson High rather than Langley. [/quote]
what is your source for this?

and of course new trier and the glenbrooks aren't on par with TJ or Stuyvesant. Why would they be? It's like comparing apples to oranges. Tj and Stuy are uber selective, specialized magnet schools that you have to apply to get into. TJ has their pick of students from a population of what? 2 million? and stuy a population of 8 million? The better comparison would be the CPS magnet schools like Walter Payton, Northside College Prep, etc. which yes, would compare to Tj and Stuy. New Trier and GBN/GBS are neighborhood high schools that have to accept everyone in their catchment area. Now, granted, they draw from wealthy, rather exclusive areas so they do tend to be higher achieving than average, but if you live in that area...you're in. Yes, New Trier is on par or better than Langley. Not comparable to Wilson. Better than Marshall. [/quote]

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