Carmel valley schools v. “Private schools”

[pepsi]

[quote=esmith][quote=pepsi]
I don’t really think that means the kids in MM are “generically” stupider.

The purpose of my question is for parents with good job/stable marriage to justify the purchase of home in CV vs MM.
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You’ll have a hard time finding a school with demographics of TPHS that has average SAT below 1700.

There’s no doubt that an average kid in TPHS is considerably more intelligent than an average kid in MMHS. The question that remains is whether a smart kid from MMHS would be pulled ahead by a combination of peer pressure and good tutoring to increase his SAT by 70 points if he went to TPHS instead.[/quote]

Does it really matter to get that extra 70 points ? If you put in an application that say you are top 5% from the school v.s. just being average (from TPHS), and SAT 1680 vs 1750, do you have better chance to get into an elite university ?

If the chace is about the same, then maybe my kid will have a better childhood living in MM.

[an]

Going by API is as useful as using median house price. All API does is tell you the average of all the kids. If you divide it up by race, you’ see the API score for white students in TPHS is 851, while in MMHS it’s 815. The major difference is the Asian students. In TPHS, their API score is 923 vs 835 for MMHS. Since MMHS have students who are also just learning English, you can assume that might be part of the reason why there’s such a disparity.

[an]

Going by API is as useful as using median house price. All API does is tell you the average of all the kids. If you divide it up by race, you’ see the API score for white students in TPHS is 851, while in MMHS it’s 815. The major difference is the Asian students. In TPHS, their API score is 923 vs 835 for MMHS. Since MMHS have students who are also just learning English, you can assume that might be part of the reason why there’s such a disparity.

[an]

Going by API is as useful as using median house price. All API does is tell you the average of all the kids. If you divide it up by race, you’ see the API score for white students in TPHS is 851, while in MMHS it’s 815. The major difference is the Asian students. In TPHS, their API score is 923 vs 835 for MMHS. Since MMHS have students who are also just learning English, you can assume that might be part of the reason why there’s such a disparity.

[an]

Going by API is as useful as using median house price. All API does is tell you the average of all the kids. If you divide it up by race, you’ see the API score for white students in TPHS is 851, while in MMHS it’s 815. The major difference is the Asian students. In TPHS, their API score is 923 vs 835 for MMHS. Since MMHS have students who are also just learning English, you can assume that might be part of the reason why there’s such a disparity.

[an]

Going by API is as useful as using median house price. All API does is tell you the average of all the kids. If you divide it up by race, you’ see the API score for white students in TPHS is 851, while in MMHS it’s 815. The major difference is the Asian students. In TPHS, their API score is 923 vs 835 for MMHS. Since MMHS have students who are also just learning English, you can assume that might be part of the reason why there’s such a disparity.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[pepsi]

[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.

[/quote]

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)

[pepsi]

[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.

[/quote]

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)

[pepsi]

[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.

[/quote]

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)

[pepsi]

[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.

[/quote]

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)

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