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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For OP, my advice, then, would be to choose a high school that's middle of the road for rigor - enough that the student will get a taste for the purpose of preparing for college, and availability of AP courses to show rigor on the transcript, but not a school like, say, TJ (disclaimer, everything I know about TJ I have read in this forum).

Choose a high school that seems to have generous grading - there seems to be some disappointment among families of rigorous privates this year, perhaps due to test-optional policies and difference in grading not being truly, fully recognized in college admissions - though we have a long way to go before we can dissect that.[/quote]

OP here - agree.  Get good grades, take the magic number of 7 or so APs (not 10+, unless it’s not a hardship for the student). A middle rigor HS where DC can be a bit of a bigger fish in a small pond.  But get that SAT score up and build a focused resume; do well but enjoy college then go full tilt in grad school. By then DC should have had a good balance and be mature enough and ready to focus on a grind.  [/quote]
+1.  PP, we learned the hard way for current senior boy.  Tack on lack of motivation due to virtual schooling and the mid year report will be a disaster.  Our high school freshman attends a different school.[/quote]

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