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[quote=Anonymous]Good points, but I wouldn't necessarily rank good suburban schools quite that high - the mean SAT at Staples High School in Westport e.g. is 1260, which is like 40 points lower than LaGuardia's and 100 points lower than ElRo's. (most of their matriculation lists are pretty bleak too)

LaGuardia incidentally is an interesting option missing from that list - it's not a pressure cooker, but it's certainly academically equivalent to a good suburban school, and if your kid already has some aptitude in music or singing or acting or dance, pursuing that more seriously in middle school and working with an audition coach could easily get them to LaGuardia level. We know a bunch of kids who went that route and had a marvelous experience.

SHSATs I wouldn't say are all pressure cookers - Stuy certainly is, but Bronx Science less so and Brooklyn Latin/Tech less still. You're not wrong about Gen Ed, but if your kid is a strong writer they might be able to overcome a bad lottery number with a good essay - we know kids who've managed that.[/quote]

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