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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huge red flag to mention mental health issues in your essay. 
And to talk about anxiety over a B? What if she failed a class in college?
Colleges worry about kids committing suicide or having a breakdown over grades.
Some kids cannot handle the transition of going from super star status at their high school to being average or worse at a top college.

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Ironically, she was right. Those Bs dropper her to 23rd in her class and removed her from contention for the schools she wanted to attend [/quote]

I actually don’t think that is the case that the Bs were the breaker.  She was still top 3%. I would bet a lot of money Ivies let in kids with 2 Bs.  I think the issue is she chose to fixate on what she perceived as poor grades rather than show herself as an interesting person.  Also, the article makes it sound as if she did a lot of activities to pad her resume and she thought they were what she was supposed to do rather than because she actually enjoyed doing them.

My heart goes out to her bc I think she thought she was doing all the “right” things.[/quote]

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