Reply to Does a smart kid have a better shot at a top college in magnet or non-magnet high shcool?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Does a smart kid have a better shot at a top college in magnet or non-magnet high shcool?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College matriculation data for Blair and Poolesville would suggest a magnet school, assuming the kid does well. Those schools have better matriculation data than non-magnets. [/quote]

For having the tippy top kids out of 50,000 students, their matriculation rates are not that impressive. I much rather my kid have a normal high school life with local friends, appropriate amounts of HW, a part time job, and maybe a sport or two.  Magnet kids literally are traveling on a bus or studying their entire 4 years of high school. All trying to outdo each other for top spots in colleges that have high suicide rates due to pressure and stress. I am not sure why parents are so competitive and college-crazy these days. If the end goal is an Ivy for you to feel like you were a good parent, go for it. I just want a healthy happy and mentally stable child who doesn’t feel extreme anxiety and pressure to think about a PhD at the age of 12. [/quote]

My magnet kid walks to high school and is also active in Scouts and several school clubs and takes music lessons.

Most of his best friends live within 3 miles of school.  And they are also active in various clubs, etc. And they play a ton of video games together on the weekends.

They're adorable kids, really well balanced and happy. Very supportive of one another. Really get excited about learning - that is what kills me. I love listening to them talk when they're together.

That's all.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics