Carmel valley schools v. “Private schools”

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[quote=stockstradr]Don’t blindly pursue the “Best of the best” when it comes to high schools.

Remember that many great universities often have policy to allow in the top few percent of each high school graduating class, with no regard to how low-achieving a school is. It helps to put your smart kid into a high shool that is well-stocked with dummies, or at least stocked with a good percentage of college-bound kids who are also UNDER-achievers!

Consider Silicon Valley. Parents are getting smarter up here, and moving to high school districts with schools just “good enough” to provide reasonable (college-bound) education..yet offer a LESS-competitive academic environment (compared to say Cupertine and Palo Alto districts). That way your hard-working kids can easily place themselves into top 5% of that high school’s graduating class, securing a place in elite universities.

Do not underestimate just how difficult it is for very smart, very hard-working kids to place in top 5% in the most competitive CA high school districts. It can drive kids right into psychological breakdown (or suicide), particularly when parents have high expectations for their kids yet place them in elite schools. This is a hot topic of conservation (and strategy-plotting) for the very demanding Asian parents all over Silicon Valley and Bay Area.[/quote]

So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

Who would have better chance to get into elite universities ?

[Eugene]

So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.

[Eugene]

So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.

[Eugene]

So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.

[Eugene]

So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.

[Eugene]

So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.

[an]

[quote=pepsi]
So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

Who would have better chance to get into elite universities ?
[/quote]
Back when I was in HS (MMHS alumni btw), SAT score was max at 1600. I know a few that got between 1500-1600 and were valedictorians, they all went to Ivy Leagues (Harvard & Yale are the two that came to my mind). Most of the top 10-15% in my year went to UCSD, BYU, UCLA, UCB, UCI, and other universities in that level of competitiveness. I don’t know where the top 50% of Torrey Pine High students went, so I can’t really tell you.

[an]

[quote=pepsi]
So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

Who would have better chance to get into elite universities ?
[/quote]
Back when I was in HS (MMHS alumni btw), SAT score was max at 1600. I know a few that got between 1500-1600 and were valedictorians, they all went to Ivy Leagues (Harvard & Yale are the two that came to my mind). Most of the top 10-15% in my year went to UCSD, BYU, UCLA, UCB, UCI, and other universities in that level of competitiveness. I don’t know where the top 50% of Torrey Pine High students went, so I can’t really tell you.

[an]

[quote=pepsi]
So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

Who would have better chance to get into elite universities ?
[/quote]
Back when I was in HS (MMHS alumni btw), SAT score was max at 1600. I know a few that got between 1500-1600 and were valedictorians, they all went to Ivy Leagues (Harvard & Yale are the two that came to my mind). Most of the top 10-15% in my year went to UCSD, BYU, UCLA, UCB, UCI, and other universities in that level of competitiveness. I don’t know where the top 50% of Torrey Pine High students went, so I can’t really tell you.

[an]

[quote=pepsi]
So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

Who would have better chance to get into elite universities ?
[/quote]
Back when I was in HS (MMHS alumni btw), SAT score was max at 1600. I know a few that got between 1500-1600 and were valedictorians, they all went to Ivy Leagues (Harvard & Yale are the two that came to my mind). Most of the top 10-15% in my year went to UCSD, BYU, UCLA, UCB, UCI, and other universities in that level of competitiveness. I don’t know where the top 50% of Torrey Pine High students went, so I can’t really tell you.

[an]

[quote=pepsi]
So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

Who would have better chance to get into elite universities ?
[/quote]
Back when I was in HS (MMHS alumni btw), SAT score was max at 1600. I know a few that got between 1500-1600 and were valedictorians, they all went to Ivy Leagues (Harvard & Yale are the two that came to my mind). Most of the top 10-15% in my year went to UCSD, BYU, UCLA, UCB, UCI, and other universities in that level of competitiveness. I don’t know where the top 50% of Torrey Pine High students went, so I can’t really tell you.

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith]So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.[/quote]

Unless you believe that kids live in MM are actually much more stupider than kids live in TP, then yes, kids going to TP actually scroed about 300+ point above MMHS kids.
It is a landslide: 1771 vs 1449 (average score from 06-07)

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith]So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.[/quote]

Unless you believe that kids live in MM are actually much more stupider than kids live in TP, then yes, kids going to TP actually scroed about 300+ point above MMHS kids.
It is a landslide: 1771 vs 1449 (average score from 06-07)

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith]So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.[/quote]

Unless you believe that kids live in MM are actually much more stupider than kids live in TP, then yes, kids going to TP actually scroed about 300+ point above MMHS kids.
It is a landslide: 1771 vs 1449 (average score from 06-07)

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith]So, my question is:

A kid scored SAT 1680 but graduate top 5% from Mira Mesa High
vs.
A kid scored SAT 1750 but graduate 50% from Torry Pine High.

My question is, would going to Torrey Pines High instead of Mira Mesa High contribute 70 extra points to a kid’s SAT score? SAT is basically an IQ test, it’s largely genetic.[/quote]

Unless you believe that kids live in MM are actually much more stupider than kids live in TP, then yes, kids going to TP actually scroed about 300+ point above MMHS kids.
It is a landslide: 1771 vs 1449 (average score from 06-07)

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