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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would go with where the kid gets academically challenged early and consistently. A lot of bad study habits happen when there’s no challenge and suddenly in college or late high school your kids flameout when they have to actually study for the first time.

Growth mindset is hard to teach for the really smart kids. The truly academically rigorous private schools may still be worth it, otherwise I would take a public magnet over any generic coddled private school. [/quote]
This. No matter where my kids end up for college, I want them to be so well-prepared that the step up to undergraduate work seems like a breeze. In the grand scheme of things, college grades are way more important than HS grades.[/quote]

Absolutely, for academics. I also want them to be prepared socially and culturally for the environment of their college. If I expected my child to attend a large state school I would send them to a large public high school. I’d focus on a small private education if I expected them to go to a small private college.[/quote]

Not sure the above is the best advice because most 8th graders don’t know where they will go to college.  Plenty of kids at small HS have opted for larger state schools for college and vice versa.

This is like saying I’d send my kid to boarding school if I expected them to go to college out of state.[/quote]

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