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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of the dozen or so kids I know who got into Ivies last spring, I can't think of one who took college courses while in high school. Take college-level courses if you want to explore something that's not available at your high school, but not because it's the next leg of the rat race to college applications. [/quote]

I'm the second poster here.  DD's desire to take classes in her area of interest was not to game admissions to an Ivy League.  It was to do what she loves in a field she is exceptionally talented in. She took her credits over the summer.  Although she did have options to continue into her senior year and the strong support of her professor and the department head, she chose not to, so as to take it easy with the typical load of APs.  I don't see how this is any different  from playing club soccer or going to a college "enrichment" course, which many kids do.  She thrived in her classes and it was the farthest thing from a "rat race," it was the best educational experience of her life so far.

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