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ParticipantBy the way, schools in San Diego Unified vary wildly. There are plenty of good schools to be found there.
ParticipantBy the way, schools in San Diego Unified vary wildly. There are plenty of good schools to be found there.
ParticipantBy the way, schools in San Diego Unified vary wildly. There are plenty of good schools to be found there.
Participant[quote=fredo4]I’m a former teacher and IMO the biggest thing to look for in a school is parental involvement.
Personally, I’m a lot more concerned about the moral climate of a school than the academic climate[/quote]
Well said. How do you gauge this ?
Visits to the school or crashing the PTA meetings ?[quote=equalizer]I think you most of you are missing big picture which is grad/professional schools. Better to go to average school like SDSU and get 3.5GPA, then you could have much better chance to get into Harvard Med, then if you went to MIT Undergrad and get 2.0 GPA with same MCAT score. I’d pick the MIT grad, but enough colleges would pick SDSU grad.
[/quote]Also an excellent point. This is the “strategy” I used. Going in, it wasn’t really a strategy. I just went to my local university because it was cheap and convenient. In hindsite, I’m sold on big state party schools for undergrad, followed by a serious grad school. I give this advice to as many young’ns as I can.
It saves money and gives you time to be a kid for another four years. The pace and intensity at serious private colleges is not, in my opinion, a very healthy or happy one.
Participant[quote=fredo4]I’m a former teacher and IMO the biggest thing to look for in a school is parental involvement.
Personally, I’m a lot more concerned about the moral climate of a school than the academic climate[/quote]
Well said. How do you gauge this ?
Visits to the school or crashing the PTA meetings ?[quote=equalizer]I think you most of you are missing big picture which is grad/professional schools. Better to go to average school like SDSU and get 3.5GPA, then you could have much better chance to get into Harvard Med, then if you went to MIT Undergrad and get 2.0 GPA with same MCAT score. I’d pick the MIT grad, but enough colleges would pick SDSU grad.
[/quote]Also an excellent point. This is the “strategy” I used. Going in, it wasn’t really a strategy. I just went to my local university because it was cheap and convenient. In hindsite, I’m sold on big state party schools for undergrad, followed by a serious grad school. I give this advice to as many young’ns as I can.
It saves money and gives you time to be a kid for another four years. The pace and intensity at serious private colleges is not, in my opinion, a very healthy or happy one.
Participant[quote=fredo4]I’m a former teacher and IMO the biggest thing to look for in a school is parental involvement.
Personally, I’m a lot more concerned about the moral climate of a school than the academic climate[/quote]
Well said. How do you gauge this ?
Visits to the school or crashing the PTA meetings ?[quote=equalizer]I think you most of you are missing big picture which is grad/professional schools. Better to go to average school like SDSU and get 3.5GPA, then you could have much better chance to get into Harvard Med, then if you went to MIT Undergrad and get 2.0 GPA with same MCAT score. I’d pick the MIT grad, but enough colleges would pick SDSU grad.
[/quote]Also an excellent point. This is the “strategy” I used. Going in, it wasn’t really a strategy. I just went to my local university because it was cheap and convenient. In hindsite, I’m sold on big state party schools for undergrad, followed by a serious grad school. I give this advice to as many young’ns as I can.
It saves money and gives you time to be a kid for another four years. The pace and intensity at serious private colleges is not, in my opinion, a very healthy or happy one.
Participant[quote=fredo4]I’m a former teacher and IMO the biggest thing to look for in a school is parental involvement.
Personally, I’m a lot more concerned about the moral climate of a school than the academic climate[/quote]
Well said. How do you gauge this ?
Visits to the school or crashing the PTA meetings ?[quote=equalizer]I think you most of you are missing big picture which is grad/professional schools. Better to go to average school like SDSU and get 3.5GPA, then you could have much better chance to get into Harvard Med, then if you went to MIT Undergrad and get 2.0 GPA with same MCAT score. I’d pick the MIT grad, but enough colleges would pick SDSU grad.
[/quote]Also an excellent point. This is the “strategy” I used. Going in, it wasn’t really a strategy. I just went to my local university because it was cheap and convenient. In hindsite, I’m sold on big state party schools for undergrad, followed by a serious grad school. I give this advice to as many young’ns as I can.
It saves money and gives you time to be a kid for another four years. The pace and intensity at serious private colleges is not, in my opinion, a very healthy or happy one.
Participant[quote=fredo4]I’m a former teacher and IMO the biggest thing to look for in a school is parental involvement.
Personally, I’m a lot more concerned about the moral climate of a school than the academic climate[/quote]
Well said. How do you gauge this ?
Visits to the school or crashing the PTA meetings ?[quote=equalizer]I think you most of you are missing big picture which is grad/professional schools. Better to go to average school like SDSU and get 3.5GPA, then you could have much better chance to get into Harvard Med, then if you went to MIT Undergrad and get 2.0 GPA with same MCAT score. I’d pick the MIT grad, but enough colleges would pick SDSU grad.
[/quote]Also an excellent point. This is the “strategy” I used. Going in, it wasn’t really a strategy. I just went to my local university because it was cheap and convenient. In hindsite, I’m sold on big state party schools for undergrad, followed by a serious grad school. I give this advice to as many young’ns as I can.
It saves money and gives you time to be a kid for another four years. The pace and intensity at serious private colleges is not, in my opinion, a very healthy or happy one.
December 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM in reply to: How will foreclosure freeze 3-6 months affect home price? #314302Participant“Foreclosure is the solution, not the problem”
– HLSIt only delays the solution.
December 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM in reply to: How will foreclosure freeze 3-6 months affect home price? #314659Participant“Foreclosure is the solution, not the problem”
– HLSIt only delays the solution.
December 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM in reply to: How will foreclosure freeze 3-6 months affect home price? #314692Participant“Foreclosure is the solution, not the problem”
– HLSIt only delays the solution.
December 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM in reply to: How will foreclosure freeze 3-6 months affect home price? #314713Participant“Foreclosure is the solution, not the problem”
– HLSIt only delays the solution.
December 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM in reply to: How will foreclosure freeze 3-6 months affect home price? #314785Participant“Foreclosure is the solution, not the problem”
– HLSIt only delays the solution.
ParticipantOne thing many people don’t realize is that in elementary grades, public schools have a 20-1 student-teacher ratio (I forget exactly grades follow this requirement). Private schools don’t have to match this and rarely do. I’d say that is one major advantage for the nicer public schools.
Also, parents who have kids with issues who can’t get their way at a public school will go private. I wouldn’t say that is a major contributor, but something to think about.
I can’t imagine a nicer environment for students than these Carmel Valley schools. That isn’t to say you won’t get a bad teacher or have bad experiences with other students.
With 1 child, living in a less expensive neighborhood and going with a private school may be viable, but with 2, you are looking at 40K/year and investing in the Carmel Vally house starts to look more economically sound.
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