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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not at a top private.  I know many kids who are attending with Bs from a DC Big3 school.  [/quote]

You say this like “top privates” are more rigorous or something. They aren’t. [/quote]

Sorry but yes they are. No retesting like in public. Work is harder than things I saw in college and zero room for error.
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The "retesting" policy in our FCPS public is that some (not all) teachers will allow one retake on a test (not on quizzes which often comprise more of the grade) and the maximum grade you can get is a B- on the retake, even if you got 100%--so the chance of it resulting in an A in the class is very, very low.  So it's more about preventing failing than getting into selective colleges.  My kid who has had some B's in classes has never had a retake.  Work level is very high in some courses,
 
 My kids were in private in our prior state and in public now.  In private, I thought there was quite a bit more "hand-holding" even though it was a top school.  High standards and no official retakes, but lots of very helpful study guides etc.  The sophistication is well-scaffolded.[/quote]

I agree. Private schools provide an enormous amount of support to students…hand holding, scaffolding…call it what you want, but there are many adults ensuring that the kid’s succeed. Public school students have to be a little more scrappy and rely on their own wits and drive.  They simply don’t get the same level of emotional and academic support. It’s sink or swim. [/quote]

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