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[quote=Anonymous][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]

You won’t regret it. Curriculum and content is similar. They read almost the exact same books in English class as well. Surprised we have been able to reuse 75% of the books from English. I will admit the writing instruction is not at the same level as at the Big3, but is still quite good and writing lots of analytical essays and having regular essay tests in social science classes. Otherwise, classes are just as hard and teaching the same content. But this kid gets lots of As and an occasional Bs, rather than the other way around. [/quote]

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