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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have personal experience (we're in the Blair cluster) but do have friends whose kids have gone through Einstein and they've been very happy with it.  I think this has something to do with your individual kid, though.  The appeal of a school like BCC is that you are more likely for all of your kids' friends to also be the children of upper-class professionals whose parents are expecting them to go to college.  Since peer groups are incredibly important, it's easy to see why folks want to curate the candidate pool as much as they can.

However, our experience has been that our kids self-selected a strong peer group. It's not exclusively middle or upper class the way it would be on the West Side, but the other kids are also bright and driven.

I *like* that my kids are exposed to kids who are working hard with far fewer advantages.  I think it has given them compassion, but also spurred them on a bit because they realize that other kids might want it more than them.  [/quote]

I agree with this.  My kids are at Blair as well, but we have lots of friends whose high-achieving children are at, or have graduated from Einstein.

One thing I like a lot about Einstein (which is our home school; my kids are in the Blair magnet) is the small size and strong sense of community.  In fact, I envy that.

My kids both need the experience the Blair magnet offers, but if they did not, I would be very comfortable sending them to Einstein.  For this reason, we did not have a "Plan B" when they applied to the magnet - we were fine with Einstein as the default.[/quote]

This is nice to hear.  I just want to make sure it is a good environment (and before someone jumps - I don't mean all white.  We are actually Latino but several generations in and mixed up with a variety of other backgrounds).  I also agree with the peer group.  Growing up, my DH was FARMS and my family was solidly blue-collar middle class but grew up in families where there was no question of whether we would go to college - just which one we would go to.  We were also lucky that our families were educated (either self or schooling) so in both instances, they were very involved.

My parents moved us when I was young to avoid a bad school (think metal detectors) and stressed how important it is to have a safe environment where you can just focus on your classes and have fun.  I never felt unsafe at the new school (whereas my friend from my old neighborhood had stories of kids who were in their 5th and 6th year of HS but would just hang around and harass the younger kids).

I just don't want to make the wrong decision and then have to move quickly - and pull the kids out when they have formed friendships.

I appreciate the input, it is hard to really have insight without being there.

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