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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Better than she would have at a "higher-ranked" college. She's crushing her classes, doing killer research with her professor, which will turn into a stellar senior thesis. She has great recommendations lined up for grad school and has enjoyed her time immensely at her low-stress, less competative, "lower-ranked" college. Plus, she much prefers the company of the down-to-earth students as opposed to the privileged snobs she'd encounter at a "highr-ranked" school.[/quote]

Yes, thank you. this is the outcome I seek, but will it happen?

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It is solely up to your daughter. It really doesn’t sound like she currently has a great attitude in high school. If she goes to what she perceives to be a lower ranked college and has the same attitude, then no it will not happen. If she goes to lower ranked college and decides to take advantage of all the opportunities presented to her for being the big fish in the little pond, then yes it will happen.

Only she can decide her fate. Does she realize that?[/quote]

I was a "gifted" kid who did well in HS (at which time no one was calling me gifted anymore because that's nomenclature for little kids). Through a bad string of luck, and some crappy advice about financial aid, I ended up at my state's flagship over the SLAC of my dreams, where I'd been admitted on early decision.

I did very well, found my peers, and developed much closer relationships with my professors than you would expect for a school that size. But you know what else I did? I never once thought I was better than the "hicks" and "stoners" who had wanted the flagship all along. I realized that I'd relied on bad advice, and I knew I had one chance to work my a** off and make up for the lack of a selective undergrad degree with a top-notch graduate program.

Your child will find their intellectual peers literally anywhere. The question is whether she is willing to buckle down and do the work. [/quote]

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