Choosing High School in BC

MimuTH
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:18:31 +0000

i dont think there are enough good APs in BC public schools…and u sort of have to take the hardest courses offered by your school if you wish to get a good evaluation for uni’s in the states

lack of ap’s is a pain in my a…;
i have no math/science to take in gr12 and have to work in all humanities like history and lit instead, which deflects my marks terribly. i also dont like public schools for they are always too frugal to do anything-- club, sports, equipment, whatever that is not free. nobody really wants to go back to public school after studying in a private one…

if he is now in all accelerated classes, he will exhaust everything by the time hes in grade 12, providing that he keeps it up. have you ever thought of letting him graduate early?
also U of T, MIT, and many other tech schools receive gr11’s as freshmen to do research(w or w/o a h.s. diploma), but thats only for really, really good kids.
i suggest sit aside and watch until he is in grade 10.

As for a guy, St. George’s seems like a nice school. Public school with recognized programs (mini schools?) looks good sometimes, too, but I don’t know how rigorous they are.

i would suggest switching schools decisively as soon as he is bored…

BTW so many IB people get so stressed by New Year’s Eve that they give up on applying to the states… Lack of flexibility and leisure time, sleep deprivation, unnecessary workload, et c should be taken into consideration as well