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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you to everyone who gave a helpful, non-aggressive answer. The takeaway seems to be that DD can’t simply develop a spike and that it is just something people are born with. Whether this is true or not, people seem to think it’s best to just give up trying to [b]get into a top school. This is disappointing as it’s been DD’s dream for a while.[/b] Am I getting the gist? [/quote]

You are telling me your DD, as a middle schooler, was “dreaming of a T20?” That sounds like a parenting fail to me. How did she know about these elite schools? I think we can all answer this. Based on your original post using the word “we” - you planted the seed. Such a shame to do this to such a young kid, especially when you don’t seem to know about the current admissions game.

I have a motivated sophomore at a rigorous private. She, nor her friends, are “dreaming of a top 20 school.” They are all busting their a$$, but they know how competitive it is out there. They are aiming high but they are pragmatic. [/quote]

Not necessarily a parenting fail. My kids were at Pyle and came home in 6th grade talking about how one friend wanted to go to this and that college. It's the parenting fail of other kids' parents often.[/quote]

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