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[quote=Anonymous]College professor here. If your daughter is managing her depression, doing reasonably well in her high school courses, and generally happy, I think you should pat yourself on the back, take a deep breath, and know that she will be fine in college. She will probably be more than fine, actually. She will have a much wider variety of subjects and activities from which to choose and she may find something brand new that she absolutely loves. It sounds like she is pretty self-aware, which is a very big thing. I worry much more about the students who get to college without any kind of resilience and no coping skills for a crisis or low point. They are the ones more likely to self-medicate, skip class, or avoid professors until it is too late to do anything about their grade. In a situation like that, a kid's IQ is irrelevant. What matters is emotional maturity and the ability to face reality.

There are many great colleges out there with terrific faculty and smart kids. She will find her place even if she graduates from high school with a lower GPA than she could have managed in a perfect world.        [/quote]

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