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[quote=Anonymous][list][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our child came from a private school and new zero people when she started. Freshman year she needed a little help for a couple of months filling in holes during Precalculus, but otherwise has never had trouble with the coursework. When she accepted, we talked about having a realistic expectation of 3 hours a night on average of homework and did she want to commit to that. That has rarely been true - many days where 1 hour or less and rare days when it is 3 hours. Many more light days than heavy days. In bed by 1030 most nights.

I'm not sure if the folks above posting are trying to scare people, or if there is really is a lot of variability in how hard kids have to work. It does not feel like my child's friends live stressed out either.

As for friends, she had not-close-friends but people to text and sit with at lunch for most of freshman year and then found better friends sophomore year. I actually think that's pretty common when starting a new school.

Has been a very good experience for our child.[/quote]

Math has consistently been the most homework for my kid, who is very organized. There are also a lot of big group projects that can be challenging when team mates don’t carry their weight and also take many, many hours. The extra period means more homework across more classes. Kids who succeed in the program are not only very smart but very organized and motivated. But they do have hours of homework most nights and at weekends. We’ve had to cancel weekend trips because they don’t leave time for homework and my child won’t miss school ever because even one sick day misses so much content that it’s hard to keep up.

You just need to think hard about whether that’s the high school experience you want for your kid.[/quote]

Is your kid in the function track?[/quote]

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