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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From when DC was little, we did it all. Lessons, tutoring, coaching, sports, extracurriculars, private school from when they could walk, you name it. We were gunning for those ivied walls.

And then the SAT score came back. A great score, and one to be proud of. But not 1500+. More prep, still no dice.

DC will likely end up at their state flagship or somewhere similarly ranked. The same as a lot of kids who didn't grind as hard. They'll get a good education. If the work ethic we tried to install in them through that grinding holds up, they'll get a great education. Or will DC melt like a hothouse flower once Mom and Dad aren't there to supervise? I don't know.

Do I have regrets? Ideally I wish DC could have spent more time with friends. Then again, people at our private aren't that social outside of school, at least not with us, so I didn't know if that was an option. I don't think DC needed more time playing video games or watching TV. The one thing I realistically could have given them is more time for pleasure reading, and I regret that.

So I didn't know, I feel kind of adrift. Our enterprise was a failure in its primary and unreasonable aim (getting DC into an ivy) and has yet to be tested on its secondary and reasonable aim (instilling a good academic work ethic). Has anyone been in this boat?[/quote]

If this is not a troll post, what on earth were you thinking?

I have two at two different ivies unhooked. We did not do any work f those things you did. They had 99-99.9%ile test results from their first CTP/WISC test given at school. 
They both chose their activities and read for pleasure outside of school since the moment they taught themselves how to read before they started kindergarten. Ivies and MIT/stanford etc are for that type of kid unless you have an athletic or demographic hook. The students who end up finishing top-quarter there are predominantly the unhooked ones. 
Why would anyone push a school in that realm if there were clear evidence they would not likely succeed there, let alone get in?[/quote][/quote]

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