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[quote=Anonymous][b]More and more families are actually staying at Latin for HS. They had very few spots open for 9th grade this year.  [/b] 
 
Depends on what sort of high school program you want/need.  I'm with pps thinking that selective admissions work best for the top/most disciplined kids (but that it's in the DC DNA not to agree).  We didn't stay after 8th, moved, and sent him to the Blair math magnet because we don't have the money for independents (we work for nonprofits) and he's the sort of kid who has the talent/drive to compete in natl science competitions (he will start projects for Google and Siemens in 10th grade, and can take AP Latin at Blair).  We still own a house in the District and may try to send our younger son to Latin for ms.

I was disappointed that in Latin's first graduating class very few kids, if any, applied to Ivies, Little Ivies, military academies, MIT etc. True, more and more families are staying for HS, but science competitions and taking more than a few AP classes are not what Latin seems to have in mind.  In our experience, excellent tends to be code for above average in the DC charter world.   Not bad, just mediocre compared to the burbs.  I went to the US Naval Academy and MIT and couldn't see a path for him to reach either from Latin.  But if you're chasing state school admissions, or 2-4 star colleges, you're good at Latin now, and will surely be better off in a few years.

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