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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not about the college admissions.[/quote]

for most people it is[/quote]

Bottom line - if your kid is bright and if your home school is good. And if you want to optimize for college admissions, don’t do the magnets. Easier to shine in home school for sure. [/quote]

This can be complicated. My kid isn't the type who will be motivated to shine unless they're surrounded by similar or realistically, [i]higher[/i] achieving peers. They've been in a magnet since 4th grade so for HS we were really averse to a non-magnet experience. Luckily they matched with one that they are excited about (not their initial #1 but it's working out well). [/quote]
I think this can be true for some kids. [b] They just kind of go along with the masses, and unless they are put in with a higher achieving group,[/b] they won't try to achieve it on their own.
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This was true for my kid.  I saw her languish in MS, but then REALLY thrive at the Magnet HS.  It was worth it completely.  She would have continued to languish at our lackluster home high school, for sure.

The higher expectations and the higher achieving cohort in the Magnet inspired her to work harder.  I'm not worried about college admissions.  I'm more interested in my kid being engaged and learning in high school.  [/quote]
OP here.. that is certainly a great reason to have your kid go to magnet. I think my kid is similar.   My own kid slept their way through MS, bored out of their minds, and didn't find a good peer group there. Hated school.  When they got into the magnet, it was more challenging, and they found a friend group that was more similar to them.[/quote]

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