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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9th grade is better at SWW than JR.
I had one kid go through JR and one through Walls. Most Walls 10th graders do AP World History. JR does not offer AP World any more.
Both my kids are doing Engineering in college. 
The Walls kid was not hindered by Walls being a Humanities school. The Engineering classes at JR are not all that great. A couple of the Engineering teachers are meh. You also now can’t do Engineering + CS at JR because the academy model has become restrictive and strict. The Biomed academy at JR gets mixed reviews from parents and kids. Counseling was way better at Walls than JR at least in my experience. If you want to row, you should probably go to JR although I believe there are a couple of club teams in the DC area. Robotics team is better at JR but it is chaotic and leadership is usually hogged by a few kids so many kids get turned off. The newspaper is better at JR but Walls has a decent one. Model UN is good at Walls. Probably same at JR. Wall’s sports kids have to travel all over for practice and games. That is not great but the upside is that they get to know the city really well. Any other questions?[/quote]

I also have one child at each school and want to make a point of clarification- it is true that J-R does not have World AP anymore but there are several APs that sophomores can take (e.g., Psych AP, Human Geography AP, African American Studies AP). Many sophomores take one, two, or (very rarely) three.  In addition, some of the academy classes (which start in 9th grade) are as much work as AP classes.  This is all to say that while I agree that Walls is better for 9th grade, starting in 10th grade J-R can be every bit as challenging if your child wants to challenge themselves.

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Which academy classes are as much work as AP classes? Not Biomed or Engineering or Hospitality for sure.
AP Psychology and AP Human Geography are pretty hard to get into. Not sure about AP African American History. [/quote]

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