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OP here: I have read through all the posts (and my own, which are mangled by my poor late-night grammar), but I think this one really encapsulates how she feels, for better or for worse. [b]If she had known that she was going to wind-up at a school of this level, she feels she would have weighted her priorities differently[/b] and enjoyed life a bit more. As it stands, she's put everything into schoolwork and extracurrculars, and [b]hasn't exactly reaped the benefits of this hard work. [/b]For what it's worth, I'd be perfectly happy for her to go to William and Mary, especially compared to these SLACs I don't know much about. Also, her counselor did class these schools as safeties for her stats, and it seems this was accurate in regard to her results at these schools. [/quote]

You DO realize that if she had "weighted her priorities differently" she probably wouldn't be into W&M Monroe Scholars?  These schools just didn't decide not to accept your kid because hmm, i dunno they didn't like her name? They had a reason they felt was valid, full stop. Forget about what the counselor says, shouldn't have listened to them anyway. Our counselor told my daughter she wasn't going to have a chance at the school she ended up getting into. They are human and this is an unusual year. She obviously should have had a more realistic expectation of what her options were going be.

My son is 7 of his class of over 400+, 4.6 GPA and rising, varsity athlete, strong ECs, wrote great essays... he didn't shoot for Ivy Leagues or even top 20 schools, though he could have. He was REALISTIC and wanted to go somewhere that was a match. He applied ED and got in. I asked him after he got his decision if he regretted not shooting higher, and he looked at me and said, "um no? I'm psyched!"  SO much of what the kid thinks comes from YOU, the parent. If they sense that YOU are disappointed in them, that is very bad. Your only job is to help set their expectations if they aim too high so you don't have a heartbroken kid on your hands.[/quote]

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