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[quote=Anonymous]I am the OP and here is my concern and why I am submitting my question to this forum: Recently a parent of a "Big 3" school shared with me that her DC did not want to apply such and such college...  This prospective college was one parents and guidance counsellors thought would be a good fit. The reason the 19 year old did not want to apply was,"I can't apply there, what would people say if I get in and people at my school find out". I was shocked that , at the age of 19, a young adult would be so immature that they would still be placing more value on "what will people think of me" than on simply knowing what they want and wanting to "get on with it" and happily being willing to share same. It shocks me that after presumable 14 years of being supported in their learning in an academically rigorous private someone would still be so passive and immature. So, my question is: If you are a parent with a child who is a senior in one of these schools what is your sense of how the schools encourage the kids to spend some time finding out who they are and what they want of of life. After all, what so and so thinks about where I will be going to college really doesn't mean a damn,but caring more about that than having the courage to be who you are is a HUGE problem. If the parents who have been there or the teenagers themselves ( we all know they are on this forum) care to share which schools really get the students to reflect on their paths of interest and which are infused with the type of culture where it is more common to measure yourself against what your classmate is doing,please share. [/quote]

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