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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is at a Big 3 ending 10th about to start the college process.  Any advice for staying sane?

He/she has good EC's (one really interesting/unique one that they are genuinely into), good grades but not perfect, lots of rigorous classes, This child will probably have very strong standardised scores.  My kid is already worried and stressed out hearing how "Impossible" it is to get into a "good school" from older kids. My husband and I went to Ivy's but know that is probably not in the cards - given how competitive it is now.  We want our kid to be happy for the next two years and find the right fit.  It all seems so crazy now....Help? Advice? Anything you would have done differently [/quote]

Really, you might consider a CTCL panel presentation. They help families to approach the search in a very sane and healthy manner, whether your kid would ever in a million years applying to a CTCL school or not. I went with my daughter, and it gave us both very solid guidance on how to avoid family tensions during the search, how to schedule campus visits, why fit matters so much and what it looks like, not to compare lists with your friends, etc.

I feel like their philosophy gave us both another model to consider. It really helped my daughter be at peace with pursuing what she wanted, regardless of what her friends or USNWR thought.

Taking what you know about her and her tastes/preferences, just help her make a list of schools that would be exciting to consider, at all levels of selectivity. They are out there. Perhaps start with a Princeton Review Guide to find solid options that may or may be on the lips of her peers.

Good luck with it all! Your instincts sound good.  [/quote]

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