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Essbee
ParticipantThanks you two. It did not occur to me that a single polling location could support multiple precincts. Very interesting; I will also ask the poll workers and see what explanation they give. 🙂
ParticipantYes, once you are in to med school, it doesn’t really matter much where you came from. Brains, charisma, and talent are more important. Sometimes the hardest part is getting the interview!
But the hierarchy continues and it is easier to get into a good residency if you went to a good med school; and easier to get into a good fellowship if you went to a good residency… etc etc etc.
It all depends on what your goals are.
ParticipantI think that if your kid has aspirations to be in fields such as medicine, law, or Wall Street, he should go to the best school possible. Resumes really matter in these fields.
I’m in medicine and I have never met anyone who has come thru the community college route. I’m sure it could be done, but I think it’s much better to go to “at minimum” a UC school. Preferably an Ivy. I wouldn’t even recommend a CSU school, much less a community college.
Now maybe this is because Ivy/UC kids have better MCATs than CSU kids, and that if someone from a CSU got a 36+ on the MCAT, they could get into med school just as easily… but I wouldn’t want to risk it.
I’m sure I’ll get haters for this message but I’m simply telling you how it is.
October 25, 2012 at 12:58 PM in reply to: OT- If you find a rattlesnake in your back yard-do you kill it? #753197ParticipantSeveral months back, we were hiking on the trails around 4S and my 3 year old daughter knelt down, saying, “What’s this??” She was actually touching a baby rattlesnake! Thank goodness it was kinda cool and the snake was lethargic. It was alive though…could see the tongue going in and out.
We’re not on a canyon, but that didn’t stop our next door neighbors from having a coyote and several raccoons get into a giant fight in his backyard! We saw the raccoons… they stripped our peach tree a few months ago. We’re trying to save at least a few of the persimmons for our friends.
Participant[quote=bearishgurl]I believe a couple of the Elementary schools (Gage?) and Lewis Middle/Henry High in San Carlos (SD) are good schools also. You would likely get less house and a smaller lot than LM for the same price there, however, if you can even find something you like in your price range. This area would also involve only a surface st commute to Tierrasanta.[/quote]
I can’t think of any way to get from any of these areas to Tierrasanta without going on 8W -> 15N, or possibly 125N -> 52W -> 15N. The only alt route would be Mission Gorge -> Friars and then presumably he would still need to get onto 15N. There is really no way to get over Mission Gorge/Mission Trails to the Tierrasanta area on only surface streets.
To the original poster, if you have checked out Scripps Ranch, have you also checked out Poway, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos, and 4S Ranch? The commute would be a lot better than San Marcos for probably a similar feel. Some have HOA and Mello Roos, and some don’t. The commute on 15S can be bad, but you could always consider a Fast Pass carpool lane option. Might not be too expensive if its not too far.
ParticipantInteresting discussion re: practical careers vs pursuing one’s dreams. Lucky for me, my chosen career also happened to be a stable, well-paying one. However, I’m sure that growing up in a very financially limited household instilled in me some a desire for financial stability which made my chosen career more attractive.
We are doing a lot of discussion about the demographics of various neighborhoods, and I think that is important. Another aspect (which bearishgurl alludes to) is that the older neighborhoods (La Jolla, Pt Loma, Clairemont, San Carlos) have a smaller proportion of families with high school age kids than, say, anything in mid-City or Mira Mesa or Scripps Ranch.
I assume that there is therefore more bussing (VEEP program) into these older neighborhood/half-vacant schools than into an overflowing school in a neighborhood full of young families. Even without the neighborhood itself changing, bussing can change the demographics of a school and change the API. Anyone know the % VEEP at various high schools in SDUSD? The city schools website implies “more info coming soon.”
Participant[quote=AN]You’re right, I missed Patrick Henry. I also missed San Diego SCPA. San Diego SCPA have a total of 1140 students, which is pretty close to the student size of Mt. Carmel and Del Norte. It actually have more students than LJHS. Their score is also 820.[/quote]
Just another FYI… San Diego SCPA is a grade 6-12 school. I don’t know how many are in the middle school versus the high school.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about your kids’ getting lost in a sea of high achievers. The number doesn’t show there are any more high achievers in PUSD schools than the top 5 HS in SDUSD. If your kid can be a “big fish in a small pond” in the top 5 SDUSD HS, then he probably will be just as big of a fish in PUSD as well.[/quote]Hopefully, you are right. My kids haven’t even started kindergarten yet, so only time will tell!
Participant[quote=AN]Alright, if you take exception to those special schools in SDUSD, lets look at the top 5 traditional HS in SDUSD.
Scripps Ranch High 900
Mira Mesa High 861
La Jolla High 854
University City High 825
Point Loma High 812
[/quote]HEY, wait… you missed my alma mater:
Patrick Henry High 815[quote=AN]
When you count those special schools w/in SDUSD, then the top 7 schools does out pace PUSD. I don’t know why you take exception to those special schools w/in SDUSD. If you live in SDUSD and want to, you can apply to get your kids into those special schools, minus the Preuss School.[/quote]You can count those if you wish, but I think it’s silly to do so. You would need to average the rest of the school of Kearny and San Diego HS in with those scores to get the real picture of the culture of that school. I’m sure you could take a subset of Westview HS, give it a name (“Westview International”) and get an average in the 900s.
Anyway, I’m fine with you making this argument that the top half of SDUSD is on par with the entire PUSD. I grew up in SDUSD and attended the seminar program at Hearst Elementary and Lewis Jr HS, and then had a very strong education with 8 AP classes at Patrick Henry HS. I got to be a bit of a “big fish in a little pond” and it served me well. In fact, having recently moved to PUSD, I have some concerns that my own kids could get lost in sea of high achievers… time shall tell!
ParticipantPreuss school is very selective and you have to fit a certain demographic profile (something like unrepresented minority, 1st generation going to college) to enroll your kids there. They did great — but I can’t enroll my kids there even if I want to.
Kearny International Business and San Diego International Studies are “schools within a school” – only a select part of the student body of the entire high school is participating. I’m sure if you took something like the La Jolla HS seminar and called it “La Jolla International,” their score would be higher, too. Finally, I believe that Mt. Everest Academy is a charter for homeschoolers or something like that.
Still, good job to all of the schools listed. My own SDUSD alma mater is not listed, but did OK as well.
Also, re: PUSD, you left them in alphabetical order rather than sorting by score as you did for SDUSD. Not sure how you say that “the top 7 in SDUSD does a decent job in outplacing PUSD.” Leaving only the traditional high schools which count the entire student body, only Scripps Ranch beats Westview, Poway, and Del Norte.
ParticipantThursday:
[quote=Essbee]1 week ago, price at Arco on Balboa was $3.99.
Drove by Arco this AM and gas was $4.29.
By this afternoon it was $4.49.
[/quote]and now Friday afternoon, same station was $4.69.
It was also interesting to me that the Chevron at Balboa & 163 was $4.69, same prcie as Arco. Usually Arco is much cheaper. [although, you can add 2-3 cents per gallon to pay for the ATM fee]
Participant1 week ago, price at Arco on Balboa was $3.99.
Drove by Arco this AM and gas was $4.29.
By this afternoon it was $4.49.Ugh! Prices are going up really quickly. An analyst on KPBS said to expect record high prices here in San Diego in the next 7-10 days.
Will this hurt Obama?
September 30, 2012 at 8:18 PM in reply to: Average water bill for single family house San Diego? #752104ParticipantFor 8/1-9/4/12, our bill was $102.61.
That’s for:
4 people (2 adults, 1 preschooler, 1 toddler).
We were out of town for 4 days during this period.
~3800 sf home
Not sure of sf of lot. Maybe ~6000 sf. Not very big.
My husband loves to water the lawn and plants.
Pretty small lawn, though.
506 gallons/day = “23 units”
Graph shows that the previous owners (2 older people) used about half as much as we do.
Olivenhain Water District.September 30, 2012 at 2:23 PM in reply to: Mold in bathroom carpet (tenant or landlord’s responsibility) #752088ParticipantI have actually seen mushrooms sprouting out of wet carpet. I also vote to get rid of it!
ParticipantI’m one of the “badge of honor” people you guys are talking about:
I’ve lived in San Diego the majority of the time from 1993-present. I’ve only had AC for the past 6 months. My parents (near SDSU) still don’t have it. Yes, we’ve used it a few times, but I wouldn’t call it “necessary”.
Why can’t the woman simply buy a few fans? Within about 3 weeks, she won’t be talking about AC again until next July or so, anyway.
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