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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not originally from this area. I am from a big, urban city, though, and there's not the clout chasing there that I've experienced here.

IMO, moving my kids TO this area gives them a huge disadvantage when applying to colleges. The competition in this area is fierce due to all of the excellent public schools and private schools in such a (relatively) small area.

My siblings and their kids still live in that area and their kid's lives are totally different.

For example, it's not at all uncommon for kids as young as 8 to have their own cell phone in this area. Where my siblings live, the 'thing' is for kids to get a cell for their 12th bdays. My niece is 12 and still plays with her American Girl dolls religiously. My 14 yo hasn't touched her dolls since she was 10 (even though I sometimes thinks she would have liked to since she refuses to donate them; it's just not cool here).

And my older nieces and nephews seem to have such fun, lowkey high school experiences compared to my kids here. It's all about the grind here - maxing out AP courses, extracurricular test prep courses, tutors, app review specialists, etc. My nieces and nephews all make straight A grades, are in honors courses, and take AP classes in the subjects that interest them the most/they're the best at. I remember several times where my DD broke down in tears from the stress her senior year of HS. No matter how much I told her the extras didn't matter, this DMV area was telling her that they did.

She got into her dream college and loves it... but so did my niece who graduated the year after her and who had a much less rigorous course load. They're both at the same college and both doing excellent.     [/quote]

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