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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the parent of a high school junior, and most of the parents at my kid's DC private (a so-called top 3, though I hate that term) are doing their best to help their kids set realistic expectations for themselves, figure out what they want from a college, and work hard without killing themselves. This is a busy and stressful year as it is for them. Some of my friends hired outside counselors, but most can't afford it. It's a lot of money on top of tuition. I don't know of anyone doing anything unethical. There definitely are kids getting test prep up the wazoo and who have the freedom to do cool internships and such rather than scoop ice cream in the summer, but that's about the extent of it. Well, plus a few people tapping connections to get things like on-campus interview or letters of recommendation from board of trustees members, but most people I know don't actually HAVE those connections. My kid is taking it all in stride. He works hard and knows he'll go somewhere fine. To me, the case represented such an extreme as to be shocking. Simply hasn't been my experience, knock wood![/quote]

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