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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whitman to St Andrew’s here.  I did not have learning issues so Lab was not on the table.  Mainly, my health issues has meant school work got harder.  So I had been honors everything and then I was dropped back in math into the standard level.  So my persona as a very smart person who got good grades was becoming more and more disconnected with reality.  And so my confidence cratered.  I suppose my parents could have considered lots of tutoring but I am 47 and that just wasn’t a thing people did as much in the 80s.   The other thing was that there was no accountability at Whitman.  So if I didn’t do my work, no one cared or said anything.  So then I got behind and it was just a spiral.  St. Andrews just expected work to be done and, at least back them, if you just didn’t do homework then you got detention that very day.  But mainly I was just able to start fresh with new people who didn’t really know me and the teachers were great and I just thrived.  To be clear, I didn’t want to leave Whitman.  I didn’t want to go to a new school in 10th grade after going to public for my entire education with the same kids.  But it saved me.  [/quote]

Thank you for sharing more information. We happen to be at Whitman, and St. Andrews keeps coming up, so it's clearly going to go on the map of potential paths we're considering. Cost is a huge issue, though. We just don't have an extra 50K a year. We are totally open to tutoring, but unfortunately our DD is not - and while some people might say "she doesn't get a choice," really you can't make a teenager do something she doesn't want to do. Insisting also just reinforces that something is "wrong" with her.

We do not care where she goes to college, or even if she goes (right away, at least - we would be open to a planned gap year). AND, she is bright and has many, many strengths. She's just not happy, and school is a major contributor. We will figure this out. Thank you to everyone who has weighed in.[/quote]

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