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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my BFF's daughter isn't a senior yet, but I predict ivy's for her. No hooks--and her parents have given up on asking her if she really feels the need to take that insanely challenging class or compete in that national competition or do any of the objectively extraordinary things she does. They are loving, supportive, and somewhat baffled. This is ALL her, not them. If they push at all, it's for her to please take it easy.

This kid is not only exceptionally brilliant, she's an energizer bunny! Not happy unless she is active and challenging herself. Engaged in a wide variety of academic, athletic, artistic, and service endeavors. All in leadership capacities, many on a regional if not national scale.

She has wonderful friends, a lovely family, and is quite privileged in rather ordinary but obvious ways.

Ofc she also has the needed perfect grades and ridiculous test scores: But for the past three years her extracurricular engagement has truly been a marvel. I would not believe kids like this existed if I hadn't watched her grow up as she has. But she's just casually both brilliant and ambitious. Not because she's trying to get into an ivy, but because she really really really loves doing all of these crazy wonderful things. [/quote]
It does sound as though she will fit in at ivies. 
This description is like my DC and most but not all of their friends at their ivy. The few not like this tend to have significant signs of burnout, not working hard on group assignments and oversleep lots of classes/ get well below the mean on tests repeatedly with no apparent effort to improve. Honestly when the majority are like the PP’s kid and my DC and friends it is hard to keep motivated if you are not the same level of brilliant, highly organized, collaborative but always working toward the next goal.[/quote]

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