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[quote=Anonymous][list][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is not the end of the world, OP, even though it is a bad feeling right now. The school wants your child to succeed. I know several kids with lots of “Ds” in middle school that switched out at 9th from my kids Big3. In fact, one DC ended up at the same college as their friend that was counseled out! One counseled out kid ended up at a far better ranked college.

Look to Burke, Field, local public, Madeira and the various Catholic high schools. I know kids that switched to these schools successfully. Several also went to easier boarding schools to much success. Another tip - I wish we had considered schools without the athletic requirement because that made school work a lot more stressful for my DC once in high school. [/quote]

I'm truly astonished at how much these "top" schools counsel out.   It makes me very skeptical of these schools and unlikely to apply. [/quote]

Why are you surprised? The start accepting kids in kindergarten. The can may guesses and try, but there really is no way of knowing if a six year old will be a good student when they are 14. They can easy create an easy lifer track in high school or just counsel out their mistakes.  [/quote]

+1. I know many siblings (second or third children) who were counseled in MS. Some stayed and some left. Of those who stayed, all went to respectable schools - Kenyon, Trinity, etc. Say what you will, but sometimes it’s best for a child to leave. You don’t want your child to constantly feel like a failure when they are doing quality academic work and getting B’s, maybe an occasional C, all the time. [/quote]

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