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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fine for UMC white families perhaps, but ambitious black families can’t risk it. [/quote]

if a white UMC kid graduates eastern, they will likely get into the college of their choice[/quote]

False. I wish people would stop saying this. [/quote]

Me too. I've never understood this thinking. It betrays a real lack of knowledge about college admissions.[/quote]

I think it is adjacent to the yucky grievance culture surrounding hypercompetitive college admissions in this area. “If we had sent Larlo to the IB HS in rural North Dakota he totally would have gotten into Yale. so unfair!”[/quote]

Absolutely. It stems from a sense of entitlement for their kids to spots at highly competitive schools and the disbelief that anyone else might actually *earn* those spots over their (often middle of the road, perfectly smart but not particularly standout) kids.

[b]Regarding the actual thread topic, we are IB for Stuart-Hobson but giving E-H a look because it might be a better personality fit for our kid, who is on the quiet side.[/b] We know a bunch of kids at both schools and the ones at E-H seem more like our kid. It's also more convenient to our house, not sure if we have a proximity preference or not but it would be a mildly better commute for her.[/quote]

Just as an FYI, having experience with both schools. I think this is the opposite of true. SH's path for good students is much more developed than EH's, so you don't need to be particularly self-motivated to make it work. At EH, a shy kid who goes with the flow and doesn't stand out a ton academically is much more likely to end up left behind.[/quote]

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