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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, one B does not preclude getting admitted to T20. 
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+2 Kids can have some Bs on their transcripts! I suspect it is public school parents saying you can’t have any Bs and they are at schools where the teachers don’t give Bs at all so a B would be shocking. Lots of Bs given out at my DC’s private school. [/quote]

I sat in on some zoom "info sessions" at top 20 schools (and high ranking liberal arts colleges). They tried not to say it but, in the end, you need to take the most rigorous classes and get As. Without some special circumstances, this is the reality at most of the brand name schools. [/quote]

[b]But also the reality is that even with all As in the most rigorous classes, the very likely outcome is they still don't get into the T20 schools so why should that drive the HS choices. Lighten up on the rigor so you can enjoy your life, maybe you'll still get some Bs. And you'll likely end up at college with a lot of the kids who made themselves crazy in HS trying to meet that standard.[/b][/quote]

This is something that keeps bouncing around in my head for my current junior.  The debate over more rigor senior year vs. an easier course (since fre period is basically a no-no these days) does not feel settled.  Is it better to take regular gov or regular econ and have some breathing room or push for all APs to show rigor?  Will it make a difference in results?  Will it make a difference in happiness?[/quote]

Mine took a full load of rigor, including AP Gov and Econ senior year. I'm not sure it made a difference in his happiness or his college outcomes. He's a hard worker with good grades and decent test scores and has had good luck with target schools and not as great with reach schools. He's likely to end up at our state flagship with good scholarships, [b]but also with kids who have much lower stats[/b]. [/quote]

It’s a flagship, any flagship, 100% there also will be probably hundreds of kids with higher stats. It’s so condescending this notion that state flagship are for the dregs of society.  [/quote]

I don’t get the obsession with “academically appropriate peer group.” My kids are in Blair, and clearly amongst kids who don’t even bother to show up for class. It hasn’t held them back at all. As a matter of fact it probably helps that they look comparatively better than those other kids!  Who cares if there are lower stats kids at the flagship?  There’s going to be lower stats kids EVERYWHERE. [/quote]

My kid went to a School ranked in the 80s.  My kid was at the 50% for Stats.  My kid ended college with a 3.4+ gpa (and that's after a bad freshman year as a premedical major and they tanked their GPA with several courses).  There were plenty of "much smarter, more driven kids" at that school.  Easily 25-30% of kids were honor/strivers. Plenty of smart kids for others to find their place with.  My kid was never a "striver" chose friends who were not as well (A's and B's are good, and a C isn't going to kill your chance at a good job mentality).[/quote]

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