my hs son plays two hs sports-hardly find time for h/w - i want to send him to prep school to imprv his grades
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I know this will sound cold and uncaring but really it's not.\nIf he's having probs with sports and keeping grades up...take away the sports privileges. School work should be his main focus, then sports.\nMy son is in a couple of school activities and I've told him he either keeps his grades up or he loses the other activities.\nMy nephew is in ROTC, he has the same rule...keep the grades and homework up and done and turned in or you lose the courses you WANT for the ones you NEED. \nI think we all want our kids to do well in school, I do.\nKNOWLEDGE FIRST...then extra school activities.\nHope you find something that works.
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It matters, but it is a secondary (at best) issue.\n\nIf your children are interested in going to college in the East (I went to Princeton), it would be much easier for them to have gone to JP Stevens, because the East Coast universities know that school.  Further, they will have more community involvement, etc. given their achievements and other activities will be associated with that community, which universities care about.  They also could visit the campuses they are interested in long before their Junior year (the usual time for campus visits) and make their interest known to the admissions people at the various universities.  Face time does help.  Further, the college counselors at Stevens will likely have contacts at the East Coast schools that they will not have at USC, UCLA, or Cal Tech.\n\nIf you are interested in West Coast universities, then it may make sense to go to Whitney for the same reasons.\n\nAll that said, there are so many intangibles, e.g., are your children interested in sports?  Perhaps Stevens has a much better football team than Whitney, and that may be your children's true love, or Whitney may have a magnet program in arts or mathematics that your children would be interested in, that the name of the high school probably doesn't matter as much as you think.  It will come down to grades, SAT scores, and all the other intangibles, and, unfortunately, a little bit of luck.  If your children get the grades (GPAs OVER 4.0 are not uncommon) and the SAT scores (where 1450 is considered 'average' for Ivy League schools) and have something that sets them apart from their peers (outstanding extra-curricular activities, such as lettering in a sport or two, community service, playing a musical instrument, etc.), they will have a good shot at going to whatever school they really want to go to.  \n\nLook at the WHOLE package, what your children are interested in, and which top universities they may be interested in, and choose based on their interests, not solely on a "ranking" of a high school.\n\nGood luck!  If only every parent cared as much as you do!
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Nope. Not at all. Just make certain that the requirements at the other school won't keep your child from graduating on time.
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call your school up and ask them i know mine is going to be mailed home either friday or monday if that is of any help
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I teach in a boarding school, but I do not live there-- but i can say that teachers do give extra attention at mine, times can be arranged and we have a designated "extra" help period every day.  sports are not optiional at mine and they are every day, but you can choose what you take each term. Can I rec'd. it over public? Well, it is not for every one but I would choose soon as changing in HS is not good on college applications. \n\n--Kim
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Looks like you will be repeating freshman year. I doubt you could raise your grades to even a D average. You're in high school now; grow up and take some respobsibilty.
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For a 13-yr old that's great!  By the time you're in mid-high school, you could work that down to 5:30-ish which would be great.  By the end of high school you'd be set for a cross-country scholarship at college!  :D
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Write a letter explaining your situation to whom ever is in charge at the high school, visit that person if you can.  Unfortunately you might have to go to public school for one year and try again for the catholic school.  I know it sucks but I wouldn't look at repeating seventh grade as an option.  good luck.
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You would have a better shot at getting an atheletic scholarship if you actually played at a better highschool.  If you play at an unknown school then the college scout teams wont even look at you.
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I think your high school would be the one that has those.  I don't think high school stats are 'reported' to anyone, therefore I HIGHLY doubt there is a database out there containing these stats.  Your best bet is to contact the school or your old coach.
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no because u might make it next time my niece has alot of guy friends who play jv and are juniors. just because you play jv doesnt make u a bad player besides alot of the varsity team cant play very good.
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call the school and ask them. they can usually just mail them to you
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Of course.  Without a highschool record, though, it's going to be much harder, if not impossible, to get recruited.  You'll have to go on as what's called a walk on.  Enroll in school, and then go out for the team just as you would have in high school.
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Dont know any sites but if you have a Football in the community office in your area (usually your most local profesional club). They do soccer schools and boys or girls showing promise they will duely offer a trial if your son is deemed good enough. Hope he is and gets to live his dream and probably yours I know its mine. Good luck.
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Practice the game. Keep your grades up. Apply and get in. Keep up the first two. It takes dedication.
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Visit or call the school. I'm sure they'd be willing to tell you or give you a schedule.
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Send your question to this email address and they will help you. \n\nsports@ihigh.com