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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Personally I find school "rankings" to be overrated. The lower ranked schools typically have lower test score averages because they pull from some lower income, diverse areas. I personally think there's a lot of educational advantages to being exposed to cultural and socioeconomic differences.

Plus, I think smart kids have a lot to gain by being one of the smartest kids in the schol, which opens up a lot of opportunities, than one of dozens and dozens of smart kids, as is the case at McLean, etc.[/quote]

I wholeheartedly agree.

I never wanted my kids at the 'top' school (which is smoke and mirrors anyhow).  It is  solely based on the homogenity of the population.

DH went to a HS that only had 5% that went onto 4-year colleges.  He was very smart and got a scholarship to a very well-known and well-regarded private University.  He is very smart.  However, he would have been just like many of your typical kids at the top schools in this area.

I was number 10 out of 495 at  FairfaX Co. HS which helped in college admissions.  It was a middle o the pack school.  I don't doubt I would not have been as highly ranked at one of the top HS.  I feel the education I received was similar though.

Alo-factor into the type of uber-competitive tiger parents you will have to associate with for the next 12 years.  We are in a great neighborhood that feeds into a highly credibe, but diverse HS and I like the attitude here beter.  Property values are through the roof and a house rarely comes on the market.[/quote]

That's great, but some people would read this and wonder about the other 95% at your DH's school.  Maybe more of those kids would have gone on to post-secondary education if they had attended a better school.  And not everyone assumes that their kid will be the big fish if the pond is, indeed, little.[/quote]

Nope.  DH is the first to say they were offere the exact same education and circumstances.  In fact DH was raised by a single mother working two jobs and was one of the more disadvantaged at his school.  He said he knew at a young age that he just wanted to get the hell out of there.  His brother never went to college and never left.

DH is less sympathetic than I am to kids in adverse situations, btw.[/quote]

The issue is a bit more complex than you and your spouse's personal biographies, impressive as they may be.[/quote]

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