Stanford EPGY Online High School

kenflyken · 02-26-2008, 10:34 AM

Wondering how EPGY OHS's reputation is as a real college prep school? I heard that Stanford's EPGY is not so competitive (for their summer programs), but does that also apply to the OHS (also considering I'll be applying for financial aid).

I'm not considering dropping my school to enroll full time in EPGY but just taking courses I'm interested in (esp. those social science courses), so for those of you who have been enrolled in an online HS + a normal HS, how have your schedules worked out? Are the OHS courses usually in the evening?

Thanks!

kenflyken · 02-26-2008, 10:37 AM

Oh...and how do they arrange class times, when students come from all around the world (might be day in US, but night here in Thailand)?

Jonathan1 · 02-26-2008, 10:51 AM

There's someone on here that has a kid who goes to EPGY OHS, and got FA.

Stanford EPGY High School

al612 · 02-26-2008, 06:29 PM

Hey, I was accepted last year and went to the summer program but eventually decided to go back to my public school. OHS admissions is pretty competitive I believe, and the students I met during the summer were all very intelligent and bright etc...Classes (discussions) range from morning ones at 7 to night ones that start at 6 or 7 (not exactly sure), and certain popular ones are offered twice during the day. For non-discussion sessions, you just go through the EPGY CD software by yourself (that's for math)

roses&clovers · 02-26-2008, 06:35 PM

what exactley is an online high school?

kenflyken · 02-27-2008, 06:55 AM

al612, do you know the score range for those who are accepted? I can't seem to find any information at all about how competitive it is as well as how well its graduates do...

anyone know where to look?

al612 · 02-27-2008, 01:24 PM

well, last year, I was a sophomore and I submitted my AMC 12 score: 122 and PSAT(which I didn't do that well on): 215 or 217-can't remember exactly. I know one other student in class of '10 had sat scores from 8th grade that was around 2000 or 2100 and this person's getting straight A's right now even though I heard the workload is almost impossible.

Well, it's a new school. Last year there were only 2 graduates, and one went to Berkeley. In terms of admissions, I heard they received several hundreds of apps and admitted about 50-60 new students total for all grades last year. If you have a very special or outstanding extracurricular, you should let them know, b/c I think they look for that.

Ryanone · 02-27-2008, 03:46 PM

My 10th grade daughter attends EPGY OHS. The work load is brutal, and the grading is very hard.

My daughter's classmates are suffering much more than she is though, because she was home-schooled her entire life, and some of them are struggling with the "at-home" independent study that is required. I didn't anticipate that this would be as much of a struggle for them.

My daughter has caught her stride, and is thriving now.

OHS academics are top notch. 4 out of 5 of my daughter's teachers are PhD's (including one Stanford and two Berkeley PhD's), and her honors geometry teacher "only" has a masters from Stanford.

Her AP biology teacher has a PhD from Berkeley, and in my opinion, she is the world's greatest high school biology teacher - JMHO though. She has helped my daughter master the material beyond belief.

Because OHS is more concerned about a thorough education, and seems averse to teaching to the AP test, the AP test prep could be better. But we have made our feelings known about this.

I cannot comment on admissions except that my daughter wrote a perfect SAT essay at 13 (her 13 year old sister just matched that), has her own non-profit, and is a soon to be published writer.

IMPORTANT - my daughter's two previous years of regular online Stanford EPGY classes helped her immensely in bringing her up to speed for OHS. I highly suggest doing this before applying for younger siblings.

al612 · 02-27-2008, 05:37 PM

Ryanone, did your daughter attend the summer session? I think I might know her!

Ryanone · 02-27-2008, 09:49 PM

Yes, she did.

kenflyken · 02-28-2008, 08:53 AM

al612, guess I stand no chance then >.< Got only a 2130 on my SAT as a sophomore...and my ECs are not THAT spectacular... But I'll try to apply anyways....waiting for a fluke...

al612 · 02-28-2008, 09:15 AM

I think 2130's pretty good; they don't just focus solely on scores.

bearcats · 02-28-2008, 01:11 PM

i just accepted a job at EPGY summer program as network associate. They are paying me $5000 for 6 weeks plus room and board!! it is awesome considering i am still a freshman in college

jennycraig · 02-28-2008, 01:16 PM

Congrats bearcats! That is wonderful news. You must have really impressed them!

bearcats · 02-28-2008, 01:20 PM

well so whoever is going let me know coz i m going to be working with the network during the day.... and be a counselor in the dorm the rest of the time...i will be on call for network problem 24/7 though...but the good thing is.it's flexible hours..if i work till late the night before, i get to sleep in the next day.