<p>This is a bit, but not entirely off topic. </p>
<p>Doubleplay, Im glad that State U Honors program worked well for your sons, but it is not for everyone. I look at the experience that my sons friends are having in a similar program in our state and Im glad he decided to go elsewhere. It has become kind of a grade 13 of their high school. The kids keep the same friends they had (four of his high school buddies just got an apartment together in their junior year), frequently come home weekends and arent involved with many extracurriculars that dont involve drinking or football. The State U’s also rank high in Party Schools and Students almost never study in Princeton Review. As always, it is more about the student than the school, but it is not always wasting your money to send your kids out of state to a private, either.</p>