[quote=AN]I’ve seen kids graduating from MMHS going to ivy league schools and I also know a daughter of a CEO who went to TPHS who can’t even get into UCSD. She end up having to go to CSU San Marcos. I guess SDSU rejected her too. So school test scores should have a big YMMV after it.[/quote]

Absolutely true, AN. I’ve known kids like that, too. You would be surprised how many kids from ALL Sweetwater and ALL SD high schools have multiple-choice offers from not only “ivy-league” schools but USC and multiple UC campuses.

All CA public high schools MUST teach to the same standards. It’s up to the student to avail themselves of everything that’s offered to them in HS and to excel to their highest ability in A-G subjects, as well as prepare properly for the SAT exam before taking it. This applies to the kid attending Crawford HS from his/her grandparent’s back bedroom or LR futon and the kid living in a single-wide trailer in the middle of a lettuce field in Stanislaus Co. the same as it does for the kid living in their parent’s “granny flat” next to their backyard pool in LJ.

Admissions officers in CA public colleges are far more interested in HS performance than personal circumstances of the student.