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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pull him.  Public may provide more opportunities to find something that really compels him - whether it be an extra curricular or an elective.  The Big3 pile on homework and suck the life out of school.  For kids that thrive on the grind it can be motivating but sounds like that is not your kid.[/quote]

Is this the waitlist brigade? That’s a terrible idea. You send the kid to school to learn, develop but also for peer group, nurturing environment [/quote]

New poster here and I'm not the "waitlist brigade" (my kids at at two different Big3 schools) but I agree with the poster that says pull.  I know so many kids who are happy at these intense schools.  They are really only a good fit for highly motivated kids who enjoy the academic slog.  The rest of the kids hold on and have a fairly crappy high 
school experience.  We elected not to send our third kid for this reason.  They are not a great fit for every kid, even every smart kid.  Many parents try to make them a fit but it's at the expense of the child's happiness and mental health. [/quote]

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