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[quote=Anonymous]It all depends on the personality or your child, OP.  My oldest thrived on academic competition and knew from the age of 12 that she wanted one ivy league college.  She worried me - she was very driven and I was worried about the fall out if she didn't get accepted.  We really emphasized that we (DH and I) didn't care if she got in or not and had a number of other colleges we made her look into.  Luckily she got in to the one she wanted and loves it there.  My second is more artistic and laid-back although also an excellent student but would rather take Drawing than AP Calculus - and we never pushed her.  She is looking at colleges - small but good liberal arts colleges and happy about it.

You know your kid - you know if she needs encouragement or a push - you know if you need to tap down expectations or not.

DH and I met in college - a very good university but not one that either one of us would have chosen if we could do it all over again - but ALL of our closest friends are from that college and we have told our girls repeatedly that we may have chosen the wrong college - but look how great our wrong choice was!  We met each other and virtually every person they call Aunt and Uncle at that school.  There is no real wrong choice.   [/quote]

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