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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dp here--what about social impacts from academic competition/pressure? Are kids allowed to be kids still?[/quote]

I don't think the AAP curriculum is crazy or stressful - they are still 3rd graders or whatever.  It depends on whether your own kid for personality reasons does better being a big fish in small pond or not or gets stressed out being around some smarter kids or not.[/quote]

Agreed. AAP is not some crazy 1980s-Russian-gymnastics-team-style intense experience.  It's just a little accelerated.  My child is no genius, but has navigated the AAP coursework just fine, and has never once mentioned feeling like she doesn't fit in because others are hyper-focused on coursework.  It's far from a pressure-cooker, in our experience. But it has kept her challenged, in a way that was lacking pre-AAP when she was really, really bored in class.[/quote]

Agree with this assessment as well.

In terms of socially, OP, it’s really the level of effort you want to put in. We kept our kid at the base scout troop, pool, sports, etc., so they could maintain those connections. I had previously seen neighbor kids who seemed very awkward around neighborhood friends after they switched and didn’t want that for mine.

The first month at the new school was hard for DC, but after that it has been fantastic. Made lots of new friends, fits in better than the base school, and is less nervous going into middle school, as they know double the number of kids as they would have otherwise. [/quote]

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