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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So what is causing the stress?  I wonder if it is actual stress or that they have been told repeatedly that junior year will be stressful.  My DC was even reminded of that by all his teachers at the beginning of the year.

Mine is in 3 APs (which is actually a little light for his school - but he has already taken 2 so decided not to push it this year as taking 4 APs would have required 7 academic classes), plus outside SAT prep.  Other than that activities are about the same (the activities are the time killer, but that's not new).  We are going light on the college visits until spring - doing a couple of local ones this fall but no trips.

I think all you can do is keep things in perspective, and make the college visits fun.  I enjoyed college visits with my first kid.[/quote]

No, it's real stress.  Of course it depends on the school and the kid, but our DD junior in a school where success is expected.  One of her friends did not do so well on the PSAT in 10th grade.  She has been in several consecutive SAT prep classes ever since.  I have no doubt she is really stressing the upcoming PSAT.  Our DD is not taking a prep class for the PSAT unlike most everyone else in her class.  I suggested that doing a little better on the PSAT is not going to matter much.  She did well as a sophomore, but I don't think she is gonna make NMSF.  Another of her friends was close, missing the DC standard by just 5 points.  In her case it's worth it to prep.  Everyone else.  Not so much.[/quote]

That is parent generated stress then.  If she didn't do well on the 10th grade PSATs making the kid do a year of prep for the 11th grade PSATs is of course going to stress the kid out.  My kid is doing SAT prep now, which won't hurt for the PSAT next month but really isn't aimed at that.  It's aimed at the January SAT.[/quote]

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