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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a bunch of snobs!

There is academic rigor at DJO, BI (which has a Scholars program), etc. I realize that doesn’t fit some narratives, but it doesn’t make it any less true.  [/quote]

Ignoring everyone who is arguing about commute times to schools, the conversation is really about relative rigor. Saying DJO/BI are less rigorous overall than SJCHS (the Scholars program), and certainly compared to Visi or Gonzaga, isn’t snobby, it’s just acknowledging the academic stratification that already exists in the local HS ecosystem.

And looping it back to the thread topic: merit strategy tells you a lot. Schools like DJO don’t offer 50% tuition to 99th-percentile HSPT kids out of generosity. They do it because that level of incentive is needed to get those families to pause and seriously consider the option over schools that don’t have to “discount” that aggressively.

So yes, rigor exists at DJO and BI. Individual students and individual tracks can be great at any school. But if they were perceived by the market as academically equivalent to SJCHS (Scholars)/Visi/Gonzaga, they wouldn’t need to make that particular financial argument quite so loudly.[/quote]

Fair enough, but I do find it odd that it’s only the Scholars program at SJC that everyone thinks is so academically rigorous and prestigious and then that is being compared to DJO as a whole. What about the SJC Scholars program vs all AP/honors at DJO? Would it really be that different? Are the college outcomes that different? And, if it really is, DJO should look into starting a similar program. [/quote]

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