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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think some of the obsession with getting into the GT comes, in some cases, from parental concerns that have nothing to do with DC actually being gifted.  Instead:

1. Gifted program is perceived as the fast track to Harvard. But Harvard will take your kid from high school not fourth grade. While I do think normal-but-hardworking kids can succeed in magnets, by high school the non-gifted kid is either going to be miserable with the stress of keeping up, or the truly gifted kids will be kicking his/her butt, and Harvard won't be interested.

2. The local school isn't great, it may even be bad. I think some parents I know even view gifted programs as a free equivalent to private school.[/quote]

Disagree with one but agree on some level with two.  [b]The HGC program serves so many kids to make the gifted label meaningless.[/b]  Parents mainly seek it out because it is a stronger peer group of academic minded kids that can serve as a buffer to issues at homeschool.   Percentages of even magnet kids that get into Harvard is low.[/quote]

Not really.  Each Center serves about 75 kids in each grade, and there are six Centers - so total about 450 kids out of 10,000 fourth-graders.

To my knowledge there are no statistics on percentages of magnet students admitted to Harvard.  What an odd reference - why would such stats even exist?

And what do you mean when you write, "serve as a buffer to issues at homeschool"?[/quote]

How is it an odd stat that póster says percentage of magnet kids at Harvard is low but it's not odd for pp to say kids send their kids to magnet because its an automatic ticket to Harvard?!?![/quote]

I find boh statements strange and nonsensical.[/quote]

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