STEM vs Humanities strenght

Agree with @Happytimes2001 that those schools definitely have enough rich curriculum to cover both ends of the spectrum.

One thing I will throw out there though, and I’m not quite sure it will apply to you.
I have one daughter 9th grade, DD2; went through the application cycle last year, and I’d say is more of a generalist, maybe leans humanities. Then I have another daughter 8th grade going through the application cycle this year. She is really interested in robotics and STEM and engineering. (Side note: she is also a twin. But not a twin to the other BS student.)
Anyway, something I’ve noticed in how I found myself looking at schools this year is that because my DD3 is so interested in one area of the academic puzzle more than the rest, we found ourselves attracted to schools that had more “discovery space” in her day so she could pursue what she truly loved more. DD2 could be enriched by doing any and all. But DD3 would be bummed to be stuck doing hours and hours of history homework instead of having free time to head to the makers space or join coding club.

Perhaps what I am hinting at is that the more a kid really leans one way, the more I really found myself picturing what would her day look like and how would her soul sing and curiosity be nurtured? It will not be a spoiler to anyone who has read any of my posts that for us, that meant stepping back from schools with unwieldy homework levels for my DD3. (DD2 was “all in” on the homework front, and definitely got what she wished for. And you know what they say about that.)

I don’t know if that is helpful – probably not. But I definitely thought about schools differently for these two kiddos who are only a year apart but also worlds apart in how they thrive.

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