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OP - You are exerting undue pressure and influence on your daughter.  As noted you can control her now, but at what costs later.  You are equating her 'worth" in your eyes on her grades, and any learner may just reach a subject matter or level  as one goes on that is more difficult than all As.  Also, I don't know what planet you live on, but if she is at a very rigorous private school then you better ask ahead to some high school parents about "the pressures" that really can set in for top colleges with all the other crap teens are expected to be strong at: sports fine arts, school service, community service, internships, jobs on and on.

You need to back off now and give your daughter the chance to redefine a more normal parent-child relationship with you.  If you are keeping her so much under your  knuckle control now, she could possibly maintain that "pressure cooker" relationship of good performance - but at what cost to a lifetime of a relationship with you.  She needs to know that you value her more than just for grades.  A perfect time to "get back" would be to kiss you off about junior year spring semester..... And one wonders why mental health issues often surface in the later teen years......
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