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<p>We are moving to Homestead High School next fall, how have been the university placements this year? Thanks - MK</p>
<p>Homestead is a’ite but you’d wanna aim for Monta Vista or Lyndbrook if you want a really good HS. Paly is great as well.</p>
<p>I mean Homestead should be fine, but if you really want to put your child in the most competitive type of atmosphere, the schools I mentioned are great. Mountain View/Los Altos are also good schools nearby.</p>
<p>Those High schools are only “good” because the students there are INSANELY competitive. A friend goes to Monta Vista and has said that no teachers actually teach because students learn material on own/have tutors… The suicide rate is high, and many students who are even slightly struggling lose all motivation. I don’t know why on EARTH anyone would send their kid to a certain HS to get into college but sacrifice their HS experience and mental health… I mean JEEZ. </p>
<p>Well of course, but since the parent seems overtly concerned about college placements, its natural that she/he would want the best schools.</p>
<p>Personally I think its stupid, but hey its up to them right.</p>
<p>@TSchaser Yep, it is! I think that’s a really sad commentary on our educational system, though. Oh well.</p>
<p>@noel597 this area has some very sad stories concerning the middle school/high school system. so much pressure on these kids to make it to the berkeley/la/usc/stanfords</p>
<p>It may thus be a better choice to attend the less competitive school and thrive there, especially since Homestead is far from bad.</p>
<p>The quality of any school is almost always more a function of who attends there rather than what they do there. That said, if you have a bright kid, you’ll want to go to a school with other bright kids as schools tend to cater to the most common group. It is just as difficult for a bright kid to thrive at an average school as it is for an average kid to thrive at a school full of geniuses. Yes, it can be done, and there are always exceptions, but it’s always easier to be like everyone else in HS.</p>
<p>^ except here it’s like comparing, say, Stanford and Berkeley. So it’s not a school for average kids (or, rather, for the “average cc” kid who thinks 1850 is worthy of getting depressed over :p)</p>
<p>Your kid maybe better off from Homestead, it is very good. Monta Vista would be a nightmare to some one just “dropped in”, too cut throat of an environment and depression or even suicidal are rampant in that school. Kids need space to grow, not being killed by one high school.
Nephew(from MSJ) resent that and even at one time refused to go to an UC, even he got accepted. He’d rather go to SJSU to relex. </p>
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<p>^that’s exactly what I meant 
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