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[quote=Anonymous]Having been through this process once and with a much younger kid now the second time around, I agree that the kids personality is very important. My older son always took the toughest courses available even if he did not always get an A in it.  He refused tutoring because he does not like the concept. He is an Asian kid who loved STEM and chess. We tried to dissuade him from applying as a CS major but he did not listen. Both my husband and I are Ivy alums and he got deferred and then rejected from our school. He went to a top OOS state school. He never followed any of OPs tips and frankly that is what I would have liked him to do. Fastforward a few years, he is still does his own way and has a startup which has been funded by VCs and he is doing great. I realized that some kids dont like to follow tested paths and want to do things on their own differently. I respect my son much more for pushing back on doing the easy things and sticking to his principles. I am glad he did not follow my advice during HS. He tells me his anthem is, Frank Sinatra's "I did it my way".[/quote]

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