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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m telling you, Burke, Field, SAES and a few others are the ultimate life hacks. If your kid can do well at these schools - with very little homework or intense pressure - they will get into the same colleges as the kids at “Big 5” schools.  You’ll see sh**ty responses to this, but don’t let it alter you. Check out the schools that everyone disdains. Then, look at the universities that the top 10-15% of those classes get into. Then, determine if your kid could be in the top 15%. And if the answer is yes, you’ve figured out a complex problem and given your kids the gift of normalcy.

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But can you get the same level of rigor/learning at these schools that you can at the higher-pressure schools, with the same level of preparedness for these colleges?  Or is it not as good an education?

This is kind of a selfish question as my kid is torn between one of these schools and one of the high-pressure schools and we have to decide in 2 days...[/quote]

Compare course catalogs and map out a possible path for your student. Can you achieve the likely course path at both schools?

Are you ok with them being in the middle of the pack or would you rather they are in a strong cohort at the top of a class?

The universal message on and off DCUM is that the strongest students at these schools get into great colleges and do well at those schools.

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PP you're responding to.  The coursework has many similarities - many of the same kinds of electives, same kind of block scheduling.  I'm not gunning for DC to be at the top of any class regardless of where they go.  I want them to have the best chance at a great learning experience that will open their mind to all kinds of interesting things and make them a passionate learner, not just someone cramming for a test and desperate for an A.  The grades don't matter to me nearly as much as the experience, and how well it prepares them for college (again, whatever college ends up being right for them, not necessarily something someone says is a "top college").[/quote]

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