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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your DCs are the type who have succeeded at a pressure cooker high school and ended up at a rigorous college (think JHU, CMU, Princeton, Swarthmore, Georgia tech, UIUC), were/are they happy? Did they eventually get burned out? Do you wish they experienced a more balanced campus life and waited until at least grad school to be so serious? [/quote] Schools are not rigorous. Majors are. Also, kids who burn out are the ones who do not have a strong academic foundation. This one falls squarely on parents. If you rely only on the K-12 schools to educate your kids, they will always feel pressure. [/quote] No. We relied on Sidwell (‘22) to educate our kid, who received zero minimum of outside tutoring or enrichment. Is doing well at T15 school, will graduate phi beta kappa. Goes out 3-4 nights a week. [/quote]
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