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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]the school is a pressure cooker. If your kid thrives on pressure and completion in the US go for it but if you are looking for a place your child will blossom the US is not the place. [/quote]

Have three there (one of whom graduated) - all lifers. While it can be academically rigorous, I strongly believe that it is only as much of a "pressure cooker" as your family allows it to be. Take pressure off of your children and allow them to enjoy it for what it offers - an amazingly kind and supportive school with top-notch teachers, traditions, initiatives, and sports and extra-curriculars offered for a vast spectrum of interests and abilities.

Potomac has always been a financial stretch for us (and we do get financial aid) but it has been worth every penny. Our children are thriving and happy. Good luck, OP![/quote]

When the results of the parent survey came out after the 2020-2021 nightmare schoolyear, I was shocked and horrified when they turned it around on the parents. To say the school doesn't play a role in the devastating pressure there is to turn a blind eye. The other schools have an equal amount of academic pressure for sure, but it's the competitive environment between the students that is exacerbates the issue.[/quote]

Is there a post talking about what happened in that school year? [/quote]

+1 interested to hear why 2020-2021 was a nightmare school year at Potomac[/quote]

It was the 2019/20 year, but a tough one particularly for the class of 2021. And the school continues to favor a [b]small,gselect group of students and show little for students who strugle[/b] and work for opportunities only constantly to be overlooked. [/quote]

That has not been my child's experience in US. They do struggle and many of their teachers have gone the extra mile to support and help them. I will say that my child has been a lifer and most likely would not have been admitted for US; I also know they are not the only one in that situation. So just sharing that our experience is not what you portray. [/quote]

So you are keeping your kid somewhere they struggle? Ok. [/quote]

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