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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Don't worry about high school. That's 10+ years away. A lot could change by then. And even in "bad" high schools, there are often groups of strong kids who excel. Bad doesn't mean bad for your kid necessarily.[/quote] +1. NP and Chicagoan here---my kid is in college but went to a public high school (not a great one) that had a magnet program for the more academically inclined. So you get a smaller peer group, AP classes, etc without such a high-pressure atmosphere that's at some of the selective enrollment high schools. And---don't discount how that looks to colleges. A student who is dong amazing at a "not great on paper" high school is more interesting than a middle-of-the-pack student at a highly competitive school. [/quote]
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