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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daughter just started 9th grade.  She does ok in school, not great and would likely struggle with any type of AP classes.
She dropped playing soccer this year.
She has no extracurricular activities after school.  Tried to convince to try crew but not interested.

Anyone else have any experience with unmotivated teens?  She will likely already have a tough time getting into a good college with a likely 3.0-3.5 grade point with nothing else to add to her resume.[/quote]

She sounds like my daughter but mine is in 8th. She's a solid student but doesn't seek out a challenge academically and earns a few As and mostly Bs most quarters. She did 2 extracurriculars last year (not sports) and has now quit even those. I worry what will happen next year. BUT I know she will go to college and wants to go to college. She says so. I'm ok with her not going to a top school but hope her lack of challenging classes and ZERO extracurriculars doesn't prevent her from going somewhere middle of the road. I took her for a neuropsych eval and ruled out LD. My kid is just average it turns out. I'm ok with that and if we lived outside of the DC area she would probably find lots of peers. It's just that in her high performing school, she always seems behind. 
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