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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Attend the least competitive high school as you can. My sister has twins. The gifted twin attends a really competitive magnet school where most students have parents who are professors, doctors, lawyers, computer scientists. It is really hard to stand out.He does not have all A's.

His twin who never qualified for any gifted programs attends their incredibly low ranked, above 75% FARM high school. She is in the honors track there and stands out. She has straight A's taking the highest level classes available. She has opportunities available to her because there are several programs for bright kids attending high poverty schools. [/quote]
This is great advice for the exact question that OP is asking, but I'm a mom who had to choose between a highly ranked college prep school and the local (mediocre) public, and I ended up with the college prep school.

I struggled with this because this PP is right; my kids go to school with so many Ivy legacy kids, and "developmental kids" (kids from families with serious donating $$) etc, that due to the politics of it all, my kids will not likely end up in the Ivys even if their grades were perfect.

So, it becomes a bird-in-the-hand vs. two-in-the-bush idea.  Right now, my kids are surrounded by kids with a work ethic, the teachers are excellent, and the courses are amazing.  My kids are learning so much.

And there's no guarantee that my kids would do well at the public.  There is not a lot of work ethic at the public.  They might fall in with the stoners.  Just saying.[/quote]

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