HYPMS Acceptances for one Bay Area HS

lateparty
Sun, 08 May 2011 14:55:11 +0000

Everyone has a slightly different school experience, but I am shaking my head in amusement at the assertion that “there are no tiger parents.” (in Palo Alto) –
Palo Alto is FILLED with tiger parents, VERY strong-minded parents who will do ANYTHING in their quest to get the best-perceived university offers, and it starts incredibly early and involves “winning” in every possible way over peers. The naive, those new to the area, or those who follow their own way in life serendipitously get RUN OVER here.
“no Stanford faculty involved” --?
current ranking of lower than #50 –
When I attended Gunn, I recall it was ranked #12 in the nation (ok, long ago, and I can’t recall who did the ranking!), yet it contained a lot of faculty kids, MANY of whom applied to and were accepted to Stanford.