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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. I think about this thread a lot:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/584588.page

and specifically this comment:

"Hmm, I regret pushing myself so hard. I pushed very hard through high school, went to a highly selective college, graduated with honors but hugely burnt out, and spent the next 5 years trying to find myself again. I had no idea why I was there or what I wanted to learn or do. If you arrive at the prestigious school the wrong way -- just because you did everything your parents asked -- you won't know what to make of the opportunities there."

This 100% applies to me. I don't know what to make of the opportunities I have right now, not in the least because of my $80k debt load, and also because my parents have and are beating me down to take a high-paying corporate job instead of pursuing my genuine interests.

This comment from that thread also resonates with me:

But those firms (law, finance, et cetera) that only recruit from Ivy Leagues *are* the rat race. If OP's daughter is exhausted by the rat race as a teenager, what makes you think she'll be happy in that world?

If the point in running the rat race as a teen is to gain entry to an adult rat race where the pressure is even higher and more cutthroat, then it doesn't seem worth it. I suspect that is OP's daughter's point. Her question isn't necessarily, "What is the point?" Her question is actually, "When does it end? When does it get better?"
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