Reply to Better college outcomes: Burke or JRHS?

Forum Index » Private & Independent Schools

Reply to "Better college outcomes: Burke or JRHS?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I have two Burke grads. One went to the MS as well and the HS *is* a different experience. That said, several kids went to J-R from Burke and I don't think they regretted the move.

College matriculation lists at Burke are very student specific. I don't agree that they are unimpressive...they just reflect that specific cohort of 50 kids. Very few of them may have had an interest in the Ivys you mention because by the time a kid is ready for college they know more about what they want and that might not be it. I think its so interesting to see the variance from year to year personally. And in the time we were at Burke there were kids who went to Columbia, Cornell, Williams, etc. and I know there's at least one Ivy admit this year (but again you may not see that because they may not go!)

My kids were very challenged in their time at Burke and loved their teachers. That was not as true in MS (the challenge, they did love the teachers). Burke is a place where its up to your kid to make of it what they will. If they choose, they can have rigor, leadership opportunity, they can make connections with mentors...or they can coast.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics