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[quote=Anonymous][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]

A 98/99 ISEE kid is very smart and certainly capable of doing the work at a top school.  That is not an easy test!!  The question becomes "does he want to do a lot of work?"  But honestly I would say yes regardless. He is super bright and will be 
able to cut some corners off the work load.  There are a range of students at even the top high schools and if he is a 98/99 ISEE kid he will be at or near the top. Again, it's just not an easy test--much harder than the PSAT or SAT.  My kids could 
never get above an 80% and then went on to do well at Big3 schools and get 99%+ on the PSAT (without studying) and then SAT.    [/quote]

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