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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is entering middle school. Academically good, is in GT courses, musically talented, has played piano for several years but not at the eleven of winning competitions, not interested in sports, inclined towards stem, Asian. Both immigrant parents with no insight into college admissions here. What parents with little knowledge of the college process here. What advice would you give such a kid in terms of what he can do now in order to get into a good college?[/quote] I'd recommend that he tell his parents to back off. While he can control whether he gets a good education, including at the undergraduate level, he can't control whether he's admitted to whatever you consider a "good college" to be. Pressuring a kid to achieve something he can't control is how you break him. Instead, nurture his interests.[/quote]
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