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[quote=Anonymous]      OP -- Based on your post, I think for your child college will be more fun and easier, but junior year in HS is just tough on most everyone. We often note that our DC has spent 1 1/2 hours per day on average commuting to /from HS most years. In college he may spend some of that time walking between classes if they are far apart, but that's some free exercise time, socializing with a friend walking time, etc.  Not having classes all day long every day will free up time.

However, I really hope that your junior isn't doing any EC's just to look good on college apps and is only doing those he also genuinely enjoys.  If not, it's not worth it IMHO.  We worried for years that our DC didn't do enough EC's compared to many kids, but he did what he felt he had time for and liked. He liked school itself, and by limiting his EC's he had more time to do school work and that probably helped him stand out more in his applications with strong recommendations, etc.  As we near the end of 4 years and look back, having a couple of steady ECs -- arguably less than that as one of then sometimes counted as an elective course -- added up nicely.   Since they were EC's he enjoyed, they fit with his interests as reflected in other parts of his application.  [/quote]

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