[quote=UCGal]Here’s a strictly anectdotal, but true, story.
Husband’s sister and her family lived in the Philly metro area – in one of the nicer suburbs. Then a job transfer moved them to Kentucky – where the schools sucked. But the kids were motivated and husband’s sister was a motivated mom – pushed her kids academically, supplementing what they were getting in school.
Nephew graduates top of his class. He got high test scores. Not surprising… He was the same smart kid in Kentucky going to crappy schools that he was when he was going to better school in the Philly burbs.
He applies to Wharton, is accepted with scholarships.
If he’d applied from a philly suburb with the same test scores, he’d have been turned down. They wanted geographic diversity and he was one of 2 students accepted from Kentucky. From a very small pool that applied There were thousands of students applying from the Philly metro area.
So… sometimes going to a crappy school IS a way to get into an Ivy college.
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Well, I guess the old rules from my country still apply here:
The best school always has:
1st grade student
2nd grade teacher
3rd grade school (hardware)
(since the school has been good for many many years with too many traditions, hence old buildings…etc)
