Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Don't listen to all the nonsense comparing one school to the other.
If your kids are smart and motivated, they will excel and go to fine colleges. If they are not academic and lazy, and finish near the bottom of the class, they won't go to fine colleges.
Doesn't matter if it's Pelham, Mamaroneck, Rye Neck, White Plains, Scarsdale, New Rochelle, or 90% of the school districts in Westchester County, where every kid has the opportunity to excel (or fail).
Which house are you looking at in the Florence Park area? I live close by. The area is great. It is an area where the attorneys and doctors live next door to the fireman and cops. The older homes are generally owned by older people who have lived there forever. Slowly the houses are being sold to younger couples who are putting money into them. Mind you, these houses are selling for (most) 600+, the house next to me just sold for 725 and a house on Florence just sold for 800+. If you get in cheaper and put money into your home your value will appreciate greatly.
Don't listen to all the nonsense comparing one school to the other.
If your kids are smart and motivated, they will excel and go to fine colleges. If they are not academic and lazy, and finish near the bottom of the class, they won't go to fine colleges.
Doesn't matter if it's Pelham, Mamaroneck, Rye Neck, White Plains, Scarsdale, New Rochelle, or 90% of the school districts in Westchester County, where every kid has the opportunity to excel (or fail).
I agree with rubygreta's excellent comment about schools. My only elaboration or possible disagreement is that it's not entirely clear what's best for the group of students in the middle of these 2 categories. I went to a public high school in NYC that is probably on par with New Rochelle or White Plains, and I was a top student and went onto a fine college. The students at the bottom of the class who were troublemakers or drug addicts or whatnot, really had no effect on me. However, I had friends who were middle of the road students - think 950 to 1050 on the 1600 point SAT format, just nice average kids who weren't lazy but who weren't especially smart or super motivated. I wonder if students like that do better in a more academically challenging school district, or if being surrounded by many top students would just frustrate them more and falsely make them feel like failures. I don't know the answer, but I can easily see arguments on both sides.
I agree with rubygreta's excellent comment about schools. My only elaboration or possible disagreement is that it's not entirely clear what's best for the group of students in the middle of these 2 categories. I went to a public high school in NYC that is probably on par with New Rochelle or White Plains, and I was a top student and went onto a fine college. The students at the bottom of the class who were troublemakers or drug addicts or whatnot, really had no effect on me. However, I had friends who were middle of the road students - think 950 to 1050 on the 1600 point SAT format, just nice average kids who weren't lazy but who weren't especially smart or super motivated. I wonder if students like that do better in a more academically challenging school district, or if being surrounded by many top students would just frustrate them more and falsely make them feel like failures. I don't know the answer, but I can easily see arguments on both sides.
I agree. What tends to happen is in the better schools, the peer pressure is from the top to do well. In the lesser schools, the peer pressure is from the bottom (its not cool to be a nerd). So those in the middle can get pulled one way or another.
I agree with rubygreta's excellent comment about schools. My only elaboration or possible disagreement is that it's not entirely clear what's best for the group of students in the middle of these 2 categories. I went to a public high school in NYC that is probably on par with New Rochelle or White Plains, and I was a top student and went onto a fine college. The students at the bottom of the class who were troublemakers or drug addicts or whatnot, really had no effect on me. However, I had friends who were middle of the road students - think 950 to 1050 on the 1600 point SAT format, just nice average kids who weren't lazy but who weren't especially smart or super motivated. I wonder if students like that do better in a more academically challenging school district, or if being surrounded by many top students would just frustrate them more and falsely make them feel like failures. I don't know the answer, but I can easily see arguments on both sides.
I was middle of the road in Mamaroneck and I got a 1320 on my SAT
Most of my friends did better.
I played sports, drank way too much, smoked pot at 13, never did any HW, ever
I was perfectly nice, never hurt anybody. Quiet, laid back. I was good at every sport and I loved playing video games
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
