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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like so many straight A students who were chief school newspaper editor, captain of a varsity sports team, volunteering, and more who can't even get to VA Tech. I don't know what people who get into schools like Michigan or the Ivy Leagues are doing in high school. [/quote]

My daughter's friend who got into Yale was an Asian male with a very high wGPA who won Science Olympiad competitions and is an advanced string player.

Straight A doesn't mean anything, OP, you should know this. There is a world's difference between an A in a regular classs and an A in an AP class. [b]Kids who get into the top colleges have 10+ APs, have a national level EC, etc. [/b]Your newpaper editing and team captainship worked a generation ago, but not today. [/quote]

This is sounds exhausting. Kids have no time to be kids.[/quote]
They have a ton of time. It's really not that unachievable. We have a ton of college options. If you don't want to be competitive for the top ones, tap out and go to a decent one.[/quote]

Wrong- kids do not have A TON of time when doing sports and very vigorous classes.[/quote]

My kid doesn't get home til 7:30 p.m. 5 days per week and has 4 AP's. Practice on Saturday morning til noon. I just can't (and won't) push them to do more. [/quote]

You shouldn’t. Just know there are kids who get home that late or later and do more than 4 APs and have an EC or job that eats up weekends and yet they want to do more and they fit it all in with all As and ace tests and still sleep 7-8 hrs….they push themselves but also can accomplish more than other kids in less hours of studying. As long as the kids are pushing themselves—not the parents doing it, & still healthy and sleeping enough who cares? [/quote]

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