Thank you all for your thoughtful responses.

I don't want to erroneously speak to why GAI was calculated until after discussing with tester.

Our child has visited Cambridge, Harvard, and MIT. He wants to be a theoretical physicist and he has liked the challenging learning environments in the classroom.

Believe, I don't see private schools as a panacea. There are drugs. There are those that are there more for social status. Comparing out HS vs. optional privates, the privates are a bit better, not I don't think worth the cost.

I appreciate the insight between Stanford and CTY. Will keep those points in mind.

And I will look at the Middle College program. Sounds like a nice option too.

Believe it or not, because our city is spread out, the commute to HS will be 25 mins each way. We could petition to a closer HS, but it has no IB program and is still 15 mins away. So either way we have a bit of a commute.

THanks again!