irvinehomeshopper
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2 strategies with very different results: the unicorn theory that Irvine has superior schools and students have a better chance at the top tier colleges due to high academic preparation is false. 2 best Asian friends started at Myford on the same day and attended Pioneer Middle school. Before moving on to High School my daughter's best friend Holly's dad stopped renting in Irvine and moved to Villa Park so his daughter may have a better chance at the Ivies. Holly was devastated for leaving all her friends behind to attend Villa Park High. I had other options between Troy, OCHSA, Oxford and Beckman to send my daughter to. Family logistic and convenience factor made Beckman the top choice. Both kids had the same scholastic drive and ability. Both families sent their kids to SAT boot camps since the 7th grade and yearly of weekly tutorings on weaker academic subjects to keeping up with the school academic peer pressure.
MY daughter has a higher SAT score and similar GPAs but Holly's class ranking is #1 while my daughter just missed the top 10. Holly got accepted to all of Ivies except for Harvard. She will be attending Yale this fall and congratulation to Holly and her family for a well thought out strategy. My daughter was not accepted to any Ivy but did get accepted to other schools of her choice. She will be attending an UC this fall.
For those of you putting a big emphasis on the best high schools and high API score don't be a fool if you think that will prepare your children for the top colleges. The academic competition is fierce. If you don't have the wealth to groom your children and just scraping by to pay the HOA and MR. I don't recommend making the financial sacrifice to live in a subpar property if top colleges are your priority. I can guarantee your smart children will not be enough and will just be average compared to other college applicants from Irvine. The resume of the peers had been groomed to to perfection. High school students with financial resources traveled globally to enrich their life experiences. A team of college admission coaches polishes the college essays to making admission officers weep.
A following up on the kids who cheated in AP Physics. They were accepted to John Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Cornell, U Penn, and University of Chicago. The rich parents hired top attorneys to sue the school. Rather than teaching kids of good morals they threatened and intimated Beckman to drop the academic dishonesty charges.
MY daughter has a higher SAT score and similar GPAs but Holly's class ranking is #1 while my daughter just missed the top 10. Holly got accepted to all of Ivies except for Harvard. She will be attending Yale this fall and congratulation to Holly and her family for a well thought out strategy. My daughter was not accepted to any Ivy but did get accepted to other schools of her choice. She will be attending an UC this fall.
For those of you putting a big emphasis on the best high schools and high API score don't be a fool if you think that will prepare your children for the top colleges. The academic competition is fierce. If you don't have the wealth to groom your children and just scraping by to pay the HOA and MR. I don't recommend making the financial sacrifice to live in a subpar property if top colleges are your priority. I can guarantee your smart children will not be enough and will just be average compared to other college applicants from Irvine. The resume of the peers had been groomed to to perfection. High school students with financial resources traveled globally to enrich their life experiences. A team of college admission coaches polishes the college essays to making admission officers weep.
A following up on the kids who cheated in AP Physics. They were accepted to John Hopkins, Vanderbilt, Cornell, U Penn, and University of Chicago. The rich parents hired top attorneys to sue the school. Rather than teaching kids of good morals they threatened and intimated Beckman to drop the academic dishonesty charges.