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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't send a kid to a lower-performing school just to gain an edge in college admissions. The risk of a kid going off his current path is too high, and the chance of getting into an Ivy is too low. I'd just do it because it's what I could afford, and because the kid would get some experiences not possible in schools where everyone is rich.[/quote]

Yes. Looking at the DCPS profile, Cardozo had 2% advanced in math and 5% advanced in reading. If you really think he is capable of getting 5s across the board on AP tests, how much benefit do you think he'd get from the classes? I think he'd be far better off at a selective DCPS high school, such as Banneker or SWW.[/quote]

Yeah, and even if you didn't want/couldn't do Banneker or SWW,  or wanted the experience of a non-Wilson HS...it can't be that hard to OOB into Eastern which, at least, has an IB program. I think it's still small and new enough that a kid as driven as this could be a big fish in a small pond but at least he'd have teachers with a bit more experience teaching advanced classes and more students able to fill seats in those classes.[/quote]

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