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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t know about honor roll actually. I would have been against it previous to having been in one, but now I really am for transparency when it comes to schools. I think these schools should standardize test more and release scores to parents. It just disempowers you as a parent if you don’t have the information, and it also cuts your kid off from opportunity for summer programs etc. They say it’s to lower competition, but it doesn’t really do anything other than disempower you as a parent to figure out what’s best for your kid. I’d have no problem with them telling you where and where you shouldn’t apply if I trusted that the secondary school was playing fair with the kids and not courting donors for their annual fund.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t bring it up in the conversation with the teacher — I think thinking about this stuff that young is basically stupid. I have been surprised by how young the kids are when they start worrying about it. My kid only knows where I went to University because the kids asked her to ask me in fourth grade. They told her she was lucky she had a double legacy. I told her to learn her multiplication tables.

If college admissions is why you are there, the numbers don’t tell the whole story, and you need to know that to play and win the game.
You can believe in the integrity of the Ivy League admissions process all you want, but that’s not going to win you a slot. Ask questions, be quiet, listen to people talk. This stuff is pretty easy to suss out. It is something TT actively discuss and complain about if they think you are safe to vent to. Some embrace it as a fundraising tool, some secretly hate it, but it’s an active part of K12 life.

You can tell your kid’s place in class because they put out a list. It’s called an honor roll. [/quote]

Do any of the TT schools do honor roll or class rank or anything like that?  I was not aware that any did. [/quote][/quote]

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