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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ full disclosure - I am also the parent of a current senior. Is it the worst year? All I know is that the US college admission process, when you want selective schools, is very stressful compared to those in other countries.[/quote]

Because in other countries, your kids are tracked starting at age 11/12.  A one day test at that age determines your path thru rest of MS/HS level.  If you do poorly then, you are not on the STEM college track or even the humanities/SS college track, you are on the "not going to college" track.  So by time you reach 12th grade level, you are only competing with the kids on your track.  It's hard to switch tracks (unless you go expensive private).

[b]IMO, I'd much rather let my kid (and others) have the chance to grow in their teens and be able to pick what track/majors they want at the college level, not at age 11/12.  I know way too many kids who didn't blossom until late HS or college[/b].

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+1 my DS especially was a mediocre student in middle school. Friends who hadn't spent much time with us during HS were really surprised at his college outcomes because they didn't know that by senior year of HS he had turned into a math super star, taking nearly all AP classes and straight As in 11-12th grade. Definitely heard some "how did HE get in there when X (great MS student) did not?"[/quote]

And that is why I LOVE our system compared to Europe and Asia! Just because someone is not on track to do Calculus in 10th/11th grade should not mean they can't be a doctor or engineer or CS major.  I think back 35+ years and I went to a HS where only 15 of us took basic calculus senior year (500 kids in senior class).  I know 8 kids who were not in calculus who are now engineers, doctors, PHD in math or chemistry/biochem/biology.  [/quote]

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