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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s a range of kids who go to J-R. Your kid will get a much more realistic view of the world than they would at Churchill or Whitman. They will be very prepared for college and exist outside a bubble. [/quote]

Perhaps. But which college?[/quote]

Same college they would have gone to from literally any school, public or private. The high school does not influence the college choices as much as people on here seem to think. That kid going to Harvard or MIT will get there from anywhere because it isn't what happened in high school that got them there in the first place.[/quote]

It's not a matter of getting in; the post I was referring to stated that these kids are "very prepared" for college. There is a big difference in excelling at Harvard or MIT, versus excelling at State U.

I am not convinced that students who have such weak instruction in writing and languages will excel at top schools, at least initially. They will almost certainly be behind kids from other schools, who have had writing skills drilled into them. I am seeing that now with my college freshman who went to a local private. He has been told by more than one teacher this year that they can "tell he went to a good high school," simply because his writing skills are better than they often see.[/quote]

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