Anonymous
10/16/2023 08:34
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:Keep in mind that a kid may not be as well prepared for college coming from a smaller state or rural district. I grew up in Ohio, so middle of the pack overall on public education, maybe slightly above average. I went to one of our large state non-flagships for college. I was shocked at how some of my classmates had zero AP classes offered at their high school, or maybe just 1 or 2. Their math classes stopped at pre-Calc for seniors. It was particularly hard for kids going into a STEM major.
That was me. My high school classes had the right titles, but first year classes at a NESAC were so hard that I gave up on a math major.
Anonymous
10/16/2023 08:32
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Boarding school. A bad result from Andover is a good result from most other schools
Anonymous
10/16/2023 08:30
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Keep in mind that a kid may not be as well prepared for college coming from a smaller state or rural district. I grew up in Ohio, so middle of the pack overall on public education, maybe slightly above average. I went to one of our large state non-flagships for college. I was shocked at how some of my classmates had zero AP classes offered at their high school, or maybe just 1 or 2. Their math classes stopped at pre-Calc for seniors. It was particularly hard for kids going into a STEM major.
Anonymous
10/16/2023 01:17
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:West Virginia or Mississippi
Tiger parents exist there too.
Anonymous
10/16/2023 01:16
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Homeschool if you could have some other kind of hook. Does your kid excel in a particular area like math, music, art, arcane sport, or languages? If so, you could accelerate with homeschooling. I know of siblings who are homeschooled to hyper focus on math, and another who is fluent in several languages through being homeschooled (parents are language professors). This seems better than moving to Alaska.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:37
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
You have lost your mind.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:30
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
West Virginia or Mississippi
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:30
Subject: Re:Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
You people who are considering moving to BF Egypt for better college admissions are insane.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:17
Subject: Re:Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
You cannot stand out if no one is looking, and that’s the reality of the schools you seek. You can blame the legacies if you stay put, but things can always be worse.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:17
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Eastern side of MoCo. Pennsylvania. West Virginia.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:15
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Alexandria or south Arlington public.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:03
Subject: Re:Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
DH has talked about moving to Wyoming for a couple of years, to get the kids through high school. It scares me how serious he is about this idea.
Anonymous
10/15/2023 22:01
Subject: Re:Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Maybe a Native American reservation?
Anonymous
10/15/2023 21:56
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
Anonymous wrote:I know there will be a lot of negative comments, but the legacy at these Big 3 schools is insane and we have none, nada. My kid was fine at the school, but we are not terribly impressed. Outside of MCPS (which I know is insane too), where can your kid stand out?
North Dakota
Anonymous
10/15/2023 21:52
Subject: Leaving Big 3 (maybe) for MCPS. Hate to say it college admissions matters to me. Where else can we go near MoCo?
I know there will be a lot of negative comments, but the legacy at these Big 3 schools is insane and we have none, nada. My kid was fine at the school, but we are not terribly impressed. Outside of MCPS (which I know is insane too), where can your kid stand out?