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Originally Posted by theg69
Just give my 2 cents - Bishop Carroll back in my day (graduated 1998 from St. Mary's) was the number 1 choice for most of my friends in junior high. Again, things could've changed and evolved since then but my view of that high school is not favorable.
To give you a sample of the success rate from that school -> 2 required grade 13 to finish high school, 3 did not make it into university, 1 took 7 years to get his civil engineering degree, 1 did 2 bachelor's degrees but at least he finished high school on time. None ended up in any professional careers. You have to remember, these were all kids who were on the honour roll in junior high (i hung out with nerds lol)
Unfortunately, my view of that school is tainted - i feel that it takes a special person at that age to be able to self-motivate and be successful. Apparently there were kids/geniuses that finished school in 2 years - but for the many kids - the temptation to skip classes becomes a little too great.
I think the wisest decision I ever did was not to go to Bishop Carroll, because otherwise I would not be in the position that I am today.
For parents, the question is do you trust your child to self motivate at that age and also evaluate the motivations and tendencies of the friends that are going to go to the same school.
This is a huge decision - and to this day some of my friends have concluded that going there was the biggest mistake in their life.
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I have heard a couple of second-hand stories like this, but when I check the stats for Bishop Carroll on provincial exam scores, graduation rates, time to complete diploma, etc., Bishop Carroll does quite well. (Excellent, in fact.) St. Mary's is one of our other options, I don't know what it was like when you went there, but these days it does not look so good. So, it's either Ernest or Carroll for our son.