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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This little tidbit caught my eye:

“There are parents who have too high expectations for their children,” Goodwin says. “They don’t realize how hard it is to get into college [now].” Case in point: [b]Goodwin notes that the average weighted GPA for a Whitman student accepted to Maryland last year was 4.35.[/b]

Ridiculous. And we wonder why kids are falling apart?[/quote]

So parents are the ones with too high expectations?  The problem couldn't possibly be how hard it is to get into college now, even state schools?  These standards are crazy!  Kids at these high schools have an expectation that they need to go to college to have a middle class lifestyle.  Then they see kids who take "only 5 APS" getting rejected at your basic state college, even some with 8....Of course they will feel stressed.[/quote]

+1 to the reply here. Even parents who counsel their kids to ease up and keep a sense of balance find that the kids are pushing themselves because kids in this area are keenly aware that college admissions are insanely tough now. I'm not even talking about kids who want to shoot for high-prestige schools; just getting admitted to any four-year college now seems vastly harder than it was when we parents were looking at colleges. I agree that a lot of parents push kids too hard, but even kids whose parents are mellower feel academic pressure. [/quote]

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