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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]None within my control, or perhaps even my son's control.

His extra-curriculars were impacted by Covid. He was not mature enough to think through what he wanted to say in his essays before September of senior year, and he took a LONG time to write them, so it burdened his fall semester significantly. After giving his all to ACT testing and working for high grades, he's now burned out and his grades are lower - I hope none of his colleges rescind admissions.

My second child's college admissions journey will be different, because she won't be impacted by Covid, and she has a pointy EC that she spends many hours on. [/quote]

So, what is the point of commenting (or are you OP, starting this thread?)?  Are these your regrets?  It sounds like your kids just did their thing and are now living with the results of doing so.  I'm sure those results are not horrible.

My regret is pushing my kid to take Honors Alg 2 as a freshman.  It ruined their GPA for Freshman year (B-, D, B-, B-).  Could never get around that.  And to what end?  They are not going to be a STEM major.  They could've easily just taken regular Alg 2 and have worked out a B or higher. [/quote]

This is an important lesson many parents could learn.  Do NOT push your kid to take a higher level of a class they struggle with/don't have interest in.  The stress of that one class can bring down many class grades and kill your kid's self esteem and GPA.  [/quote]

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+101  Unfortunately, learned this one the hard way.[/quote]

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