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[quote=Anonymous]OP, Take this with a grain of salt since I went to BCC but graduated over a decade ago so I can’t speak to current culture, but can hopefully shed some light on outcomes down the line.

The school offered both the AP program and the IB Program. As a more studious child, I loaded up on those classes and for the last 2.5 years of my time there, was surrounded by other self-selected serious kids,

They mostly came from much greater wealth than my family (we were in the district thanks to income/rent controlled housing). While it meant disparities in how we spent our summers and opportunities that we had due to their connections, I never felt socially excluded or slighted. These kids usually came from a background of having highly educated parents (lawyers, doctors, etc) and valued education. Most that I keep in touch with have gone on to pursue the same careers. I think my life, despite not having what they had as a teenager, has turned out better for having connected with them at a young age.

As a child of immigrants, I greatly appreciated the diversity of the school, which is held up by rent controlled housing, some mixed districting/zoning with lower income areas, and the fact that lots of embassy staff live in the school’s zone.

As for things like flashy cars - most of my classmates back then got pretty modest cars. Their parents may have had dual lawyer income but (or maybe because of it), they weren’t handing over luxury cars to 16 year olds. Besides, the parking lot was so tiny that really few kids even got a parking permit so you could never know what people drove at all. There were of course some truly rich kids and you would know it (generational wealth, recognizable last names, children of successful entrepreneurs (ie. much more money than lawyers and doctors)), but at least in my time there, they were easily ignored if you didn’t run in the same social or educational circles. Most of these kids weren’t in the AP or IB classes. Those that I’ve casually followed from still being connected on social media haven’t done nearly as well for themselves as their parents.

Those were lots of words to say - my family didn’t fit the financial mold of the average BCC family; I got a great education there; as an adult doing well in my career, I think I came out better for having gone there. And most of all - children are a reflection of the adults in their lives.[/quote]

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