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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUM really allows people to be critical of others’ life decisions.

Want to attend an Ivy? Go for it. You are an awesome person.
Want to attend an Academy? Go for it. You are an awesome person.

Are we really trying to decide which is more prestigious, harder to attend, etc? Who cares? Attending either is an amazing achievement.

I’m a teacher. My school sends outstanding students to both Ivy schools and Academies each year. They are top of the class, extremely high achievers. Why would I ever sit here and try to quantify which of these students are better than others? They are all impressive students.[/quote]

Define top of the class.
is 1400 SAT top of the class at your school?

Data doesn't agree with your claim.
People are here for accurate information. [/quote]

Agree, i wonder if these people are adults who live vicariously through their teenage selves or college selves when they felt at the top of their game and more confident in their ranking? Or maybe desperately competitive and living through their kids? I try to remind myself how sad it all is. I come from a big family. Same gene pool and parents and we are all so different with different salaries and fields and number of kids we raise— and how many therapists we have to see. And none of it correlates with our class rank or even our IQ. Half my most overachieving HS friends took the mommy job route, many are hotshot lawyers etc, many peaked at work after indifferent academics.

Do your kids have the temperament and kind of brains that test fast and well? Finance or law or surgeon? Is your kid crazy high EQ, super energetic, fearless and creative? Rise high in a political campaign, run a major TV network, start a business…

Is your kid just not super motivated about work but brings joy to people by connecting large family  gatherings  and fostering needy kids? Don’t go to grad school…

These are all such SAD and endless endless endless conversations on these boards.

If you want your kid to be top of field in law or finance and you have no personal connections or vast wealth then it may be worth pushing them for the elite elites —the Ivies do have an advantage — but otherwise take it all with a grain of salt

Ps I came here to get info on West Point as I am clueless and my kid unexpectedly has show interest. But of course i find myself in a toxic nightmare of sad parents [/quote]

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