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[quote=Anonymous]There are so many people who I know who did average in high school, attended a lower ranked public university, and then hit it out of the park there, by sheer hard work and focus. I think there is an element of not peeking too early. It seems like the focus of getting into an Ivy as a high school student encourages that early peaking. Your daughter may be more ready for high caliber work, and hard work in general, when she's a bit older. 
One of my cousins jokes how she worked so hard as a high school student, and got into so many Ivies. She went to undergrad on a scholarship, and eventually to a competitive med school. She took so many AP classes in high school and came in with something like 40 credits. And then by the time she got into residency, she started meeting people in her class - FROM HER HIGH SCHOOL, who in high school had partied a lot, gotten a few bad grades in science classes, had middling SAT scores, and went to average colleges. As she notes, everyone ended up in the same place, and there was no point in her working so hard so early. She's definitely taken a very chill approach to her own kids now, and could care less about where they go to college. 
One of my cousins jokes[/quote]

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