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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP of the overly-long post above:

[quote] Amazing post. Really appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

My son is very stubborn however...haven't found a way to convince him. He insists that he will commit and sacrifice for CAP, putting in the extra hours of work and commute, even though in reality, I think it will be really hard for him. He said he is interested in CAP but deep down I think he is telling himself he is interested because he wants to go. I can't even remember how many times he had previously complained about Eastern, especially during 7th grade (pandemic made it worse).[/quote]

I get it. It's really hard to say no, kid, you can't do this program and you have to leave your friends. My spouse and I have been agonizing over this decision. We had a weird bobble where our DD got the ParentVue notification that they'd been accepted to RMIB but not CAP, then we got CAP notification email the next day. During that 24-hour period, our DD wasn't nearly as upset as we thought she'd be and actually expressed frustration at getting into CAP because now she had a choice to make.

My spouse's observation -- I don't know if he's right -- is that it's hard for these kids to turn down the more "prestigious" magnet programs in favor of the plain-vanilla HS to their peers. His thought is that by making out our decision rather than her decision, we may be making a choice that she's secretly OK with and give her an excuse for any of her friends who might otherwise think she's taking the easy way out. I certainly know from my older kid's experience (the one who went to RMIB) that when she was at Eastern, all the magnet kids (at least the girls) talked about magnet HS a LOT both during application and then during admission seasons.

Immediate PP -- I agree with you about the frustration of not having the open house until the night before!! Also, no opportunities for kids to do shadow days or have real open houses at the actual school.

For what it's worth, my older DD who went through RMIB had friends who left the program to return to the home HS because the commute combined with the magnet courseload was too much. And I also think paying attention to the burden on you of the long commute and needing to drive every day is completely legit.[/quote]

Funny you say that.  In previous years, I have heard the same thing - Eastern kids (especially girls) discussed a lot about magnet applications and admissions.  My son hasn't discussed much with his friends.  I don't even think he knows where all his friends are going.  Well, it is still early and they are trying to make up their minds I guess.  For him, I think it is more a function of 1. I have friends at CAP; 2. I am at Blair (for bus transfer every day) and it is my comfort zone; and 3. I have done Eastern and I am not super scared of CAP (again, a matter of comfort zone).  I expect a long battle on this topic at home in the coming days....[/quote]

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