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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I seriously doubt Holton kids can survive RMIB program. It is incredibly hard. [/quote]

+1 and I'm a Hotlon parent.[/quote]

+2 ex Holton parent.  IB program is super rigourous.[/quote]

I am an IB diploma graduate. I don't understand why kids with an average 1400 SAT couldn't handle an IB program easily. Is there something extra hard about IB at RM?[/quote]

Lol yes. Can you imagine taking all of your IB diploma tests and taking relevant classes for/self studying on the side for 12+ APs and a normal, intensive extracurricular schedule? Because that was the norm in the IB program. I slept way more in college than I did during IB.  I didn’t appreciate enough until I went to HYP how brilliant my RMIB classmates were. [/quote]
+1 I don't know about other IB programs, but most of the RMIB students self study for some of the AP exams.  And of course, they all have lots of outside activities.  These are super high achieving kids, and the program is not for the faint of heart.  I know a few RMIB students who dropped out because of the time demand in order for them to get an A in the class.[/quote]

This seems like self-inflicted overkill. I am not sure it reflects "brilliance" but it sure reflects hyper-competitiveness. I can see why this cohort would create a pressure-cooker environment. [/quote]
These are over achieving kids.  If you don't want your kid to feel this kind of pressure, then yea, don't do RMIB.

These kids don't have the same resources that the wealthier private schools have. But, they manage to achieve high test scores and get the IB diploma.  [/quote]

At first I was thinking if I were OP I would prefer to save the money given the similar academic profiles and college outcomes. But after reading this thread I definitely see why someone would pay for Holton. I would definitely want an intellectually vivacious environment for my nerdy kid, but not a “cutthroat” atmosphere where kids feel like they have to take a zillion AP tests on top of their IB tests. To what end? This exam-culture makes no sense. I see no point to pushing kids to overachieve just so they can be the top dog, rather than encouraging kids to learn for the sake of learning.[/quote]

I wouldn’t use the word “cutthroat” to describe IB kids. Yes, they are incredibly driven and want to do well but 8 years my kids spent there, I’ve never gotten sense of kids competing with each other. Each kid is competing with himself/herself. It’s perfect for certain kids. Not for many. [/quote]

That’s good to know. I think some of the more intense RMIB posts here are kind of making the school look bad with a really show-off hyper-competitive parent vibe. But that type of parent and student exists at most places. [/quote]
As a PP stated, they are hyperdriven themselves, but there are also parents who push their kids. But as you stated, that exists everywhere. However, these kids are really driven, no matter who does the driving.[/quote]

There are kids who are driven to learn as much as they can because they are genuinely curious and love the material. And there are also kids who are driven to get the highest exam score and beat everyone else. I teach at Hopkins and regularly see both types of student. Guess who I prefer working with.[/quote]
well, of course, there is a mix bag at every school.[/quote]

Definitely agree with you there. I am both the prof and the one who remarked that there is probably a mixture of both types of kids/parents at all places. But I was concerned at the impression some of the PP's have made. It was as if some people just wanted to show off how hard the environment is and how they or their kids are somehow superior because they could deal with it. I think there are many kids who fall in the middle (both curious and competitive) and who can be tipped in one direction or another depending on their peer culture (and how their parents behave). The question is, do you think it's mostly a "good" kind of driven environment? We toured upper schools recently for my DC and that was one of the factors I cared about. Neither Holton nor RMIB are in my area, and I just clicked on this tread out of curiosity, but if I were the OP I would be pretty turned off by some of the posts.[/quote]

Then again this is DCUM. Everything is magnified 100x good or bad[/quote]

True that. 😂 [/quote]

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