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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Listen to all the snobs on here dumping on less academically selective schools. There are many to choose from on here and they are all fully of nasty comments about certain schools, tiers of schools. The kids hear these comments and it stresses them out and makes them aim for the brand name schools. The only way to aim for those is to take as many APs as possible and do well in them.

Get B's in them? The "rigor" is then all for naught. This is the position my DC is in (floating between B and A- . . . hard to tell as her teachers seem allergic to grading things in all college classes junior year). Likely will not be aiming for the same schools as was on the radar this time last year. Even though taking the hardest APs our school offers (Chem, Precalc, USH). Doesn't seem to matter.

It's particularly irritating when you see the GPAs of college students posted on the websites, which are at or below what many kids' GPAs are now (in all college classes) but they are required to have all As.

As it is my kid will likely take the above average (but not all A) grades and chase merit at schools that everyone trashes here. Certainly no top 20 schools. No top 50 schools. And will have no debt and lots of money left for grad school due to merit. In the end it will be fine but it is a tough pill to see these kids work so so hard and have a B or 2 or 3 be the difference. [/quote]

Hordes of kids are in the exact same position, mine included.
Those kids who worked their tails off, have a few B’s on their transcript and they will end up at colleges that they didn’t need to work so insanely for. It is what it is. Hopefully their smarts & [b]work ethic [/b]takes them far. [/quote]

Oh no, hope they didn’t inadvertently learn anything since the purpose of these classes is to grind for Ivies.[/quote]

Work ethic will trump ANY other qualification a person may have. It is the one ingredient in the most secret of secret sauces. And it is the one thing we can not fully teach our kids. It really is up to them.[/quote]

And in the "real world" add in personality and ability to work well with others.  My 3.4+ GPA in college (3.5UW HS/1200) kid had a job immediately after graduation, is doing extremely well at their job.  We always knew they are so much more than their "grade show"---they give 120% at jobs and are a joy to work with---eveyrone loves them.  So once they start a job, they will be a top employee, always said they just need to get the job
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+100

This is why I don’t worry about my kids. My DD has a really good head on her shoulders, and has learned to make friends with her teachers right off the bat so once you establish a relationship it’s much easier to ask for help or to get what you need out of a class. My 15yo son could seriously charm the pants off anyone, and he’s got a lot “street smarts.”  IMO, both of these traits are going to serve my kids far better than high academic achievement ever will. [/quote]

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