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[quote=Anonymous]I have a sophomore in Global Ecology and one that’s finished the program and in college. The one that’s in college was accepted everywhere she applied including a school in the top 30- but is attending a top 50 school (Honors program).  In her graduating year they had several GE students go to schools including MIT, Harvard, and UPenn. There are a ton of smart kids in the program.  We thought it was terrific!

The first marking period  of freshman year they do take it very slowly in Global Ecology as kids are coming from all different schools and they don’t want kids dropping out due to the pressure. Watch what you wish for-AP Seminar gets very difficult (unless your kid is a very fast writer) towards the second half of 9th grade.  Just curious what electives your child is taking too. I know they often recommend PE for freshman year which IMHO is a mistake. I think PE is a better fluff class to fill in during a later year that’s packed with APs. Also it really depends on what your kid’s math placement is/ language.  My 10th grader took AP CS/ Honors Spanish 3/ Honors Alg 2 as a Freshman.  I know the ones in Magnet Pre-Cal said it was a challenging class.

Both my kids get stressed and study all the time. The GE program was perfect as we enjoyed the field trips as a mental health break and the cohorts fostered friendships.

Some of the non-magnet classes freshman and sophomore year are mediocre like English. It’s a problem with the curriculum though.

Things really get fun in 11th grade when they are taking almost all AP classes and depending on the track they choose it might be mostly magnet students in all their core classes.  You don’t find many non-magnet students in AP English, Chem, Physics. If your kid isn’t finding school challenging by January- it’s probably more of a schedule issue than a school issue. I hope your kid sticks it out.[/quote]

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