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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As none of the high achievers go to community college, its just not the intellectual or social environment i would want for my child. Its like putting them in class with bottom 25% of high school graduates, doesn't make sense to me.

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Nah, there are a small number of high achievers who take that route -- a recent valedictorian of our small private school was doing this -- but those high achievers really stand out in the intro classes. The percentage of the highly competent increases when you get into more advanced courses that have a greater number of serious students, career-switchers, and overly educated dilettantes.

I think that NVCC -> UVA/W&M/VT is a valid route for two categories of bright students: driven self-starters and the overly anxious/adhd in need of, at least initially, substantial parent support. You definitely get out of it what you put into it. Someone brilliant but lazy is going to coast, wasting time and potentially pick up  poor study habits.

That being said, OP springing this on his/her child IN AUGUST is a *terrible* idea. I guess it's better than running out of money in the middle of freshman year, but please try to work it out financially for your kid.[/quote]

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