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[quote=Anonymous]I've had 3 kids here. I've finally come to the realization that these Big3 schools are NOT good for STEM kids. At all. Not because they don't teach STEM well (I happen to think they do) but because the English and History courses are only taught at one level (and it's really high!) (unlike the math and science courses). If you have an English teacher who only gives 1 or 3 A's out of a section of 15 kids (which is not unusual), it's really hard to get those As. And chances are, there will be a few kids in your kids' classes who live and breathe to write and who are REALLY good at it. There are the As. So these schools (Sidwell, NCS, STA, etc) are really not a good fit for STEM kids but are a good fit for "humanities kids" because the humanities kids do well in the challenging humanities classes and then take the lower track of math and science classes. Meanwhile the STEM kids are stuck taking high level classes in all disciplines. [/quote]
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