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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to an extremely crappy rural high school and went on to graduate with highest distinction at U.Va. and went to an ivy league law school, where I also did very well.  It was helpful that I took an honors English comp class and a couple other (less helpful) college classes at my local nonselective state university while I was in high school.  My best friend from the crappy high school went to a selective small liberal arts college and got a master's degree at an ivy league.  He had more of an adjustment process when he got to college, but managed.  I had my own bumps in the road transitioning to college, but for better or for worse, my problems were social, not academic.[/quote]

Me again; I will add that I didn't take much hard science in college, so can't really speak to whether it would have been harder to overcome that deficit, but fwiw, I did take biology for science majors my first year, and it was really hard and I thought maybe I would fail, but in the end I got an A (and was surprised!).  But after that I stuck with science for nonmajors, so who knows.  Nevertheless in my experience smart kids who have sought out enrichment (and have educated supportive parents) can absolutely overcome crappy high school educations.  Though I still have some embarrassing deficits in basic historical and geographical knowledge that I blame on my high school.[/quote]

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