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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Calvert Hall and Loyola are good if you want a catholic school or if your alternative is a performing Baltimore public.  Neither is going to offer a better education than a Howard county public.  The class sizes aren’t going to be smaller.[/quote}

I disagree. My neighbors lived in Howard County before moving to Baltimore County. Her kids were unprepared for college in the following ways- no idea how to take notes, were allowed retakes in HS whereas they couldn’t do that in college, no idea that deadlines weren’t flexible, couldn’t write. She spent a lot of money on writing tutors for both because they basically had to start from the beginning. One nearly failed out because he wasn’t used to handing in work by a deadline. He was on academic probation. The other one needed a tutor in note taking since she was always provided notes by the teachers.

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Most Howard County high schools have better college matriculation than Calvert Hall, which is not known for its academic rigor.  Unless op is avoiding an underperforming school, there is literally no reason to drive an hour each way to CH.  If she must go to a private, I'd recommend McDonough and Glenleg, which are half the distance.[/quote]

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