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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I think you should be emphasizing, every time you discuss colleges, that the landscape is different now and it's really a crapshoot whether even perfect students get into top schools.  So at this point your kid should not have illusions that getting into her "dream" school is likely, even if she has perfect grades.

I personally would let your kid drive the decision whether to take "regular" classes (or maybe a mix), but I would tell them (and have told, in the case of my eldest) that not taking all advanced classes might lower their already low chances at the tippy-top schools.  My eldest made a conscious decision not to take all advanced classes, and not to kill himself for straight As.  He knew that it meant that the very top schools were not really going to be an option.  A couple of years ago we moved near one of HYPSM (my alma mater).  He had never been interested in it before, but now it would be his dream school.  But he knows it's not going to happen (didn't even apply), and he's at peace with the choice he made a few years ago to get out of the rat race. [/quote]

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