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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS got in these two schools and we are debating too. DS has lot of hobbies and spend about 75% of his energy on school work (All As, not show off). I feel he has great potential and hasn't tried his best. If we choose CMU, he has to work hard in order to keep up with other intelligent and hard working kids. If in UVA, he could just have another 4 years' easy life without pushing up his limit. Does my thought make sense?[/quote]

Not much sense at all.  Not sure what field your kid will pursue.  If it's gender studies or some such nonsense, then school will be an easy lift wherever he goes.

But you say he spends 75% of his time on hobbies, and still gets A's.   Presumably he tested well enough to get into two pretty well-regarded schools.

If you're suggesting he needs to spend 75% of his time on school work, then have him study engineering or physics or something along those lines.  I imagine he'll find plenty of students at either school doing the same.

The only real choice you need to make is whether you want your kid to have a normal, sunny, all-American kind of college experience.  If you do, then the choice is UVA.

If you want him to be a nerdy grind at a dreary relatively cheerless place, your best bet is CMU.

When you make this decision, recognize that it will reveal as much about you as your kid.[/quote]

I'm sorry that CMU is too difficult for your child. It definitely isn't for everyone.  We have a child at CMU that loves it.  Very active social life, clubs etc.  Academics have always come easy for him, this is definitely the norm at CMU.  If you had to manage your kid through HS, getting As in APs was challenging for them, and they had to take the SAT multiple times to get the desired score -- CMU isn't the best choice for your kid.[/quote]

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