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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not upset, because I know my kids always try to do their best.

But concerned, definitely, especially in high school.

We chose to be part of the college admissions rat race. If you choose that too, then every grade matters. It's the first criteria colleges look at, because in their minds a high GPA shows stamina and dedication. Test scores are very important, and show applied knowledge (with some native intelligence thrown in): but they're a snapshot in time. Colleges are looking for the ability to work diligently for many years, since that's what's required to graduate from college, and also to be successful in one's career.

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Me again. Perhaps you don't know this, OP, but being the best student your kid can be  reaps financial benefit. Most kids, despite their best efforts, aren't cut out to be Ivy League material, and even if they were, they won't be picked. So parents who push for academic rigor in high school aren't necessarily parents gunning for the Ivy League. What a lot of them are looking for is relief from high college costs. Having a great GPA and solid test scores can attract merit aid that otherwise would not be forthcoming, and this can make the difference between attending a preferred school vs only having in-state choices. Even in-state colleges give out merit aid to kids who they think are a flight risk to "better" institutions.

So maybe you're wealthy and don't care where your kids attend college. Maybe your kids have other plans and college is not one of them. But for a large chunk of the middle class who won't get a lot of financial aid and can't swing sticker price at privates... good grades are important.

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