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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We chose to leave.  Uprooted our kids in high, middle and elementary schools and left for a lower cost, more chill area.  We were done with the college admissions rat race and running our kids down with the extracurriculars.

It has its pros and cons.  Where we are now, there’s not a lot of organized sports on the weekends, and with three active kids, it’s harder to keep them busy and engaged without the sports.  People look at me strangely when I mention that my kids have weekly zoom tutoring for enrichment.  Sometimes I stress we are challenging them enough.

On the flip side, we spend time as a family boating, fishing, hiking.

I have no idea how this will play out with college, but I think on the whole it was the right decision.  We feel more balanced and the kids are happy.[/quote]

Oh and like PP, my teen is southern flagship not Ivy oriented anyway.  We’ll see in a couple years how the college path heads but I feel like it will work out nicely.[/quote]

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