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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We sent our last kid to an “easier” high school after our experiences with the grading and pressure at Sidwell/Cathedral schools. It has been so eye opening. Happier kid, learning tons, more free time, more sleep and vastly higher grades![/quote]

Yes, we are pulling our second kid for high school. 
We have one at a Big3 who will end up top 20% in the class but stress level is off the charts, kid has been pretty darn miserable since junior year (despite having many friends, etc---the academic stress overrides everything for these kids).  We are applying the next kid out (or hope to, pending acceptances in March) for 9th grade.

We've learned our lesson.  We knew that these schools were rigorous but not this miserable (and we hadn't been through college counseling prior to now).  We didn't choose this school for college results (our kid herself sought this out in 6th grade) but it's pretty depressing to have a kid who worked this hard, sacrificed having an actual high school experience and now may end up at a school she could have semi-easily achieved with high grades from public (think Wisconsin, etc----a fantastic school but I think most of us would agree is not sacrificing 4 years for.)[/quote]

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