<p>kryptonsa36, my son’s experience bore no resemblance to what you’re suggesting is the reason people join ESG. </p>
<p>His high school preparation could not have been any more rigorous; he joined ESG for the opportunity to MOVE AHEAD AT A FAST PACE. Rather than be held back by the pace of the large lectures in some classes, the ESG sections flew ahead, adding more depth or extra material where the small group wanted to move deeper into it. It was a “move at your own (fast) pace”, not an adjustment. No one I met in ESG was having adjustment problems: they were ALL fast movers and quick studies. ESG was a chance for them to do deep dives wherever they wanted, in very close working relationships with the instructors and their fellow ESGers. And my son, along with most of the folks in ESG his year, designed his own program, taking some ESG classes and some large-lecture classes. It really was the best of all worlds for him. (And of course like any choice, it would not be best for everyone.)</p>
<p>Plus there was lots of free food. :)</p>