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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To a person’s earlier point, how well are the graduates of SJC doing in college? HS is not just about gpa. It’s about preparedness for the next phase of life. It’s great to get into a Top 20, not so great to struggle and drop out. I rather my child hit academic stumbles in high school where you can coach them through the emotions as opposed to college when the stakes are much higher.[/quote]

So from personal experience, I know no kids in the past few years from public’s who have dropped out of their great top 30 schools. I do know of a few SJC kids who have struggled and did not make it through their first year at school.  These kids are all great fabulous kids whether they struggle at college or not but let’s not pretend that SJC has anything to do with that. A lot of kids struggle in college and that is ok. It is a big adjustment no matter what your HS GPA was. But SJC doesn’t prepare them for that anymore than any other school.  There are just more barriers to get into the schools you want at SJC. So your logic doesn’t hold.  parents need to be aware of that before signing up for a subpar path that their student gets locked into at SJC. I wish I had understood it better.  High school is hard enough, college admissions are hard enough without the extra artificial obstacles imposed by the school that hold kids back. [/quote]

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