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Reply to "Better to be big fish in small pond (Field/Burke) or small fish in big pond (GDS/STA NCA/Sidwell)"
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[quote=Anonymous]I have no idea how to decide what kind of pond is a good fit when our fish has never been in a pond before. DC is coming into 9th from public school. I guess they are one of the big fish in the public stream. It is not an academically top notch public school but DC is a good student with all 99 and 98 percentiles on the ISEE. They are academically motivated, but they also have an extracurricular activity they are very devoted to. They have never been in a high pressure type environment before. I am nervous when I hear some schools described as “pressure cookers,” and when I hear how much harder the work is at the top private schools compared to public. I suspect they would welcome an academic/intellectual challenge but am not sure. How do you decide on fit when you are an outsider?[/quote]
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