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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your son LOVES STEM and gets into TJ, go for it...[/quote]

This but it's very difficult. I think for a super smart kid, Yorktown will be better than O'Connell. It's much bigger and can have higher level classes that a smaller school just can't have. [/quote]

What the PP just stated might be true. I have no idea as I do not know much about Yorktown. I have heard that Yorktown is an excellent school but BIG. What I do know now with a college freshman who graduated from O'Connell last May is that sometimes a "smaller school" like O'Connell has incredible advantages. The teachers and admin at O'Connell pay attention and become involved when a student expresses the desire for something more. My kid was all into STEM and the science teachers at O'Connell actively supported him in doing research at GMU one day a week. It was such an amazing opportunity for my kid and could not have happened without the support of the O'Connell teachers and admin. [/quote]

Well as you yourself have just said, you don’t know anything about Yorktown except that it’s big.  [b]So you really offer an opinion on the quality of its academics. [/b]

By most objective measures, Yorktown is better academically.  Not by a long shot, maybe—but better.  Plus it’s free.

Parents choosing between these two schools typically don’t choose DJO over Yorktown thinking that the academics are better.  [/quote]

The PP was clearly not offering "an opinion on the quality of its [Yorktowns] academics". Learn to read.
The PP was saying that Yorktown is a huge school and for some students that can equate to being more of a number.[/quote]

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