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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s one reason why top schools look for students that are athletes, artists, etc.

[b]For students that lean on grades only for their self esteem will burn out most at top school because they can handle not being “the best” student.[/b][/quote]

This is overblown and a myth perpetuated on mommy forums. It's not about being rattled because you're not "the best," it's almost always because the kid received years and years of FAKE GRADES in a non-competitive k-12. And if you did not attend a top prep school or elite magnet program, you not only received fake inflated grades you "competed" in a school where 50-95% of your classmates were lazy underachievers. You never actually competed.

So of course the kid is a fish out of water academically and gets rattled mentally at a strong college where 95-100% of their peers are aggressive, polished, savvy and over-prepared. Peers just seem to know all the angles and how to play the "game". You feel like an idiot and no, no matter what people claim, you don't "catch up" to them in a year. It's not about being "the best," it's about being nowhere near their polished peers – and these mismatches often don't even show up on high school GPAs or ACT/SAT. So on paper you might not see it, but the differences are stark.[/quote]

Nope. Studies have been done. Why does an athlete do fine with the same “fake” classes but the smart kid burns out. It’s about relative self esteem.[/quote]

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