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[quote=Anonymous]For the post above, I would have been pleased if they had used any actual information on Scottish courses, they only had information on English courses and they are quite different -- and they didn't seem to use those as intended or in a consistent way (I first got told that my 15-year-old should be a junior and now apparently she is short a few credits as a Sophomore). I need to go back and talk to them about this and I've gotten some documentation (from the NCAA etc about mark translation). The thing I've found just really intense is the school comparison thing. Blair has some great students and some students who face significant challenges, it has a huge spectrum. I believe many schools in other parts of the county (Bethesda, Chevy Chase) have fewer kids with challenges ... but I heard so much negative about Blair that it started to be a bit odd. Blair has a significant number of kids that go on to Ivies and other highly competitive schools (as per Naviance) -- I would imagine that places in Bethesda and Chevy Chase have a higher percentage of kids going to top colleges, but that's more down to intake than what they do with the kids once they hit campus. So it's not so much school reputation etc -- that ship has sailed anyway because the older one is just not going through another big adjustment at this point -- but I am interested in how Scottish/British kids seem to settle in over time or what other issues to maybe expect if anyone has had that experience. I would note I'm an educator by the way, so maybe have a slightly different take on things ... [/quote]

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