OT: How do you "shop" for a private HS? Best in SE Mich.?
For those familiar with the Michigan private school landscape, how does a family determine, for example, Detroit Country Day over Cranbrook, Roeper, Greenhills, Liggett, Notre Dame Prep, UofD-Jesuit, & Brother Rice/Marian? I'd like to say it's largely geographical, but I know families that lived in Bloomfield Hills and sent the boys to UofD-Jesuit, Grosse Pointe families that drove the kids all the way to Country Day, and Detroit proper families that commuted to Cranbrook. And there are apparently a decent amount of Ann Arbor families that send their boys to Catholic Central in Novi, over nearby FGR and Greenhills.
Is there really much academic difference between these schools, or is it a reputation and "so and so's go to X, so and so's go to Y" sort of thing?
August 17th, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
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August 17th, 2015 at 9:01 PM ^
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August 17th, 2015 at 10:43 PM ^
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August 17th, 2015 at 9:00 PM ^
Check the darkweb.
August 17th, 2015 at 9:02 PM ^
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August 17th, 2015 at 10:44 PM ^
It looked awesome in Grosse Pointe Blank.
August 17th, 2015 at 11:53 PM ^
August 18th, 2015 at 8:13 AM ^
You mean California looked awesome in Grosse Pointe Blank.
August 17th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
I mainly shop on Amazon for everything these days. New York Times be damned! If fostering a competitive environment means I get the best deal, most quickly, then I say go Amazon!
Try shopping there - there's also always really informative reader reviews to help you make your decision.
FYI: I went to Burns Park, Tappan, Community for academics/Pioneer for athletics (if that's still allowed?)...... you could spend a lot of your hard earned bread and do a LOT worse!
August 17th, 2015 at 10:21 PM ^
August 18th, 2015 at 6:50 PM ^
Ann Arbor kids can take all sorts of programs at different high schools. Even kids who miss the Community lottery can still take classes there. In theory, a smart kid could attend classes at Skyline, Community and UofM in a single day.
August 17th, 2015 at 9:03 PM ^
Check the lunch menus. Which one serves Grey Poupon?
August 17th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
August 17th, 2015 at 11:08 PM ^
Nice public school humor there.
August 18th, 2015 at 9:39 AM ^
We are crass, but we are the very lifeblood of this country.
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August 17th, 2015 at 9:10 PM ^
Please don't jump the gun there, we need to save some good topics for tomorrow and the day after.
August 18th, 2015 at 5:07 AM ^
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August 17th, 2015 at 9:07 PM ^
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August 17th, 2015 at 9:15 PM ^
/jk - Liggett is a great school.
August 17th, 2015 at 10:04 PM ^
August 17th, 2015 at 10:46 PM ^
That is right, I seem to have gotten yours!
August 17th, 2015 at 9:27 PM ^
August 17th, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
But you never know if a Romney will pop up.
August 17th, 2015 at 11:00 PM ^
August 18th, 2015 at 5:28 AM ^
Ha, and now i link your comment with your username and "get it."
August 17th, 2015 at 10:41 PM ^
I'd agree they're in a league of their own, but their admissions standards rival Ivy Leagues and not too many families are eager to send a 14 or 15 y.o. away. SE Mich. privates are a more realistic proposition.
You did summers at a couple preps, right? You think life would have turned out differently had you gone to one of them over Community? Did you try to apply to one after summering? Ever talk to any of the kids you met after the summer sessions?
August 17th, 2015 at 11:02 PM ^
August 17th, 2015 at 10:43 PM ^
LOL - Choate? More like "Coke." Deerfield? Have fun in western Massachusetts in the winter! Kent - fancy posh name - no game. Phillips Academy was where it was at, is at, and always will be at. GO BIG BLUE!!
August 17th, 2015 at 11:01 PM ^
Andover or Exeter? Does it seem like the NYC privates have surged in status over the last 10-15 years or so?
August 17th, 2015 at 11:04 PM ^
August 18th, 2015 at 12:59 AM ^
"Andover" is Phillips Academy, located in Andover, Mass. "Exeter" is Phillips Exeter Academy, located in Exeter, New Hampshire. Both schools were founded by the same guy, Samuel Phillips, in the 18th century. Andover is blue, while Exeter is some putrid hue of red.
I don't know anything about the NYC schools. The "Lawrence" I think you are referring to in NJ is Lawrenceville, which is not far from Princeton.
August 17th, 2015 at 11:10 PM ^
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August 18th, 2015 at 10:35 AM ^
Oh, I took high school seriously. I had what would have translated to about a 3.8 GPA, 1360 SAT (math and verbal only back in the stone age), played three varsity sports (water polo, swimming and crew), and had a full extracurricular slate. I did not get in to Princeton or Stanford, and so I chose Michigan over my home-state school of UVA, much to our pocketbook's chagrin.
Out of my class of about 380 kids, something like 35 went to Harvard, for your information. I think there were seven kids in my class that went to U-M. U-M, UVA and Cal were decently represented in my class. Most kids, if they didn't go to an Ivy, ended up at the likes of Williams, Colby, Bowdoin, etc.
August 18th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
Williams, Colby and Bowdoin have cache for people for go there, went there, or had kids who went there. Very little prestige among the common man. But, hey, you'll get a leg up on that PhD program application in Near East Studies!
August 18th, 2015 at 9:05 PM ^
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The prime east and west coast privates send 10-15 students to Michigan each year, including Andover and Exeter. Ross pre-admit and College of Engineering are legit draws on this level. Plus, football Saturdays.
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August 18th, 2015 at 12:28 PM ^
What if you don't really care about your children and just want to send them to the school that will reflect the best on your personal status in society to your peers? Like, I'm already looking forward to the charity organization to fight addition I'm going to start in Jayden's memory after his inevitable herion overdose. But actually, now that I think about it, I guess having a Kennedy attend the funeral wouldn't be a bad look.
August 17th, 2015 at 11:03 PM ^
I hate to do this (but I'm going to anyway), but did they teach you to say "to each their own" at Liggett? That's turrible
August 19th, 2015 at 3:23 PM ^
gender neutral pronouns are all the rage nowadays.
August 17th, 2015 at 9:10 PM ^