Our daughter visited the school twice (once last year and once this year), met with administration, and even played with the kids at school. She was pretty indifferent the second time we went, while the year before was more effusive about her desire to attend the school. Admin messed up the second time around and we didn't have a chance for her to sit in the class. We made a pro/con list, we discussed the cons quite extensively but the pros outweighed the cons. When we talked about the school, her skipping a grade, and her possibly not being the smartest kid in the class she just shrugged and was like, "okay, that's fine."
It's really the redshirting threads that get me. Or when i see friends with smart kids who don't care about gifted programs or grade skipping. These things make me doubt my decision and make me forget about all the planning, discussing and agonizing over the last year.
