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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While it is definitely true that highly motivated kids can do well anywhere, I think OP is right that it helps some students to have a cohort of smart, motivated kids around them.  DC's best friend is a senior at West Potomac and while smart, is not very organized, and has definitely fallen through the cracks at West Po.  College counseling has been particularly bad.

DC is similar in personality and intelligence but goes to a highly-regarded school and takes classes with high achieving kids, many of whom are headed to the ivies.  It has made a big difference to have motivated students all around DC.   Neither kid will be going to HYP but there are huge differences between their college possibilities [b]and their potential majors (selective university vs. NOVA, engineering or math vs. communications).[/b]

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What does this mean?  Smart kids might choose engineering, math OR communications or something else you would probably consider on par with aspirations for NOVA.   It depends where their interests lie.  What's really stupid is when a smart kid is pushed by parents into a STEM major when they'd rather do something else.  I would never use number of kids wanting to be, say, engineers, as my measure of the value of any high school.  When I went to college, half of the kids on my floor in the dorm were engineering majors.  Less than 10 percent graduated with that major.  Just because something requires being good at math and seems to point to a job that pays well doesn't mean it's a better major than anything else.  Depends on the individual.  [/quote]

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