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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looking for some advice here . . . DD is a junior at a local magnet high school and has done very well academically (A's and A minus's, 2300+ SAT, etc).  However, she has not been able to enjoy high school because she is a perfectionist and gets very stressed by the workload and the fact that she is around many kids who are willing to work, work, work to the exclusion of all else (since she feels compelled to keep up with them).  I am hoping that she will have a more balanced life when she gets to college, but it is very hard to tell from the outside which of the top-tier colleges have a lot of stressed kids/unreasonable workloads and which might allow for more balance.  (I'm not saying she has to go to an Ivy-level college, but she would want it to be somewhat academically rigorous.) Does anyone have any personal experience to share in terms of which schools are known to be full of stressed kids, or which are known to promote balance?    Thanks.[/quote]

I have a child like this. Since you already know your daughter will work hard wherever she is, focus on finding a school with a good quality of life, one where the ratios are low and students are happy. My child loved Emory in Atlanta for these reasons. Great academics and country club like setting. Kids seemed very happy.[/quote]

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