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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current CES CCES parent here. I don’t think my kid got a lot out of it. The environment seems lax and not as structured. Maybe its good for some kids but I don’t think it worked for mine. He loved it because of such environment but I found he didn’t develop any study habits because of the exact same thing.  [/quote]

I wonder if the change in admissions policy is part of it. The cohort of super book-oriented kids is part of what made the experience so great--I have heard that some of the kids being admitted now under the lottery system are less passionate about reading and that would make a pretty big difference. I wouldn't call the environment lax and not structure so much as geared toward student-driven projects that require a high degree of drive and initiative and interest. That worked well with my kid's cohort, but I wonder if it would work so well with a less nerdy pool. A couple of the kids from our community who were admitted for 4th this past year were just not kids who struck me as the types who either crave or would run with this type of environment... I am to be clear very happy they're trying to make the experience more diverse and inclusive, but from what I can see of who was admitted from our home school, an unintended consequence / side effect of the lottery system is the inclusion of kids who are a) white, b) privileged, c) not particularly in need of a CES type environment (which is to say, they were not bored at our home school)[/quote]
The whole point of the lottery system is to reduce the number of Asian students and it’s worked. [/quote]

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