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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok so those kids didn't take any AP coursework and got high honors for regular or at least honors classes? 
I know people from TJ (that did well and got into fancy colleges) that failed out of MIT and I know people from PG county schools that did brilliantly in engineering and went on to all honors in college. Yes some of it is about the school and the rigor but so much is about the student. Did the parents ever read what and how the students wrote while in hs? College transition is hard for a lot of people no matter how well prepared. The remedial courses seem strange. The student was admitted based on an essay presumably and then it was clear they couldn't write? [/quote]

I do as well. People fail out for many reasons, not just being under prepared. I haven't asked the parents what they did or didnt do, I only know they where shocked their kids weren't prepared. To provide some context the high school is a PG county school and the college of the remedial course is Bowie State. I'm not sure what Bowie State's admission process looks like. I only know the student had to attend the Bulldog summer program and first semester was all remedial courses. The student is doing OK (i.e., surviving) but it still struggling to keep up with the demands of college level workload. [/quote]

Is it bladensburg? If the school is mostly a trade school well what do u expect?[/quote]

I don't want to say which school. While they are (in my opinion) more geared to trade schools they don't specifically say they are.
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