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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I was you 4 years ago. My son attended the gifted center for elementary, Takoma Park for middle until the end of 7th grade when he knew he didn't want to apply for Blair, we then switched him to our home middle school in 8th and he went to his home high school where he was a big fish little pond and took 10 AP's.

He got into UMCP direct admit business school/gemstone program and VA Tech Engineering. [b]He chose to attend South Carolina for International Business (#1 ranked school for International Business in the country) due to merit aid and being able to go out of state for the same amount of money as the cost of staying instate[/b]. You would have thought from the reaction of extended family and friends that he turned down Harvard and chose to attend PoDunk University.

Once my son arrived in Carolina he knew he made the right choice. He has enjoyed SEC football, a vibrant college town and gotten a great education. Tell you daughter that no matter what she chose at this stage she would be second guessing and scared. Her choice is not written in stone, if she hates it she can re-evaluate next year.

Good luck to all of you with your transition. Anxiety sucks.

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Have we corresponded before?  My DD was accepted to South Carolina International Business and she is going to go there.  I think it really fits with her growing up lifestyle.  I have worked overseas for much of her life, and she has lived in at least six countries with me.  [b]I work ias an excutive in the International Busienss filed, even though I don't have either an undergraduate or graduate business degree.  She speaks two and half languages already[/b].  I have arranged for her to work in Europe this summer and to just take some time off.  No one in my family thinks she is attending a PoDunk School, but then only one of us ever went to an Ivy.  The rest of the family - my siblings - [b]attended either a private like myself (GWU)[/b], the University of Florida or West Point.  Only the last seemed to be following in my father's footsteps, otherwise we were raised to follow our own drummers.

Truly, for some, nothing is written! [/quote]

Sorry but your post somewhat loss some credibility when I read the two bold statements....Also, ranking in such niche study areas don't mean shoot, especially in business studies.[/quote]

Note sure whether you are the PP I was addressing, but I am not sure why I lose credibility, when I am stating a fact of my and my daughter's life experience. Oh, well.... It is what is is! [/quote]

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