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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would avoid the super hard class that everyone struggles through. [/quote]

Then yours is not ready for an elite. BTW "everyone" does not struggle--someone ends up top few or top kid even, it could be yours--and even if they do struggle some it leads to great recommendations once they figure out how to succeed. For those who will fit in the elite schools they will have the desire to take the hardest classes in high school, and if they do struggle some they will be able to right the ship and succeed. If they struggle and the grade truly tanks then they were never meant for elite and there will be plenty of great schools that are for them. Point is has to come from them. No parent should discourage a kid who wants to take the hardest classes (presuming the teachers invited them in and agree it is a good idea). Every top-3 kid who gets shut out of T20/ivy at our private school either took the easier APs for the gpa race or was a total a$$ to teachers. Kids who took hardest classes but ended up with some A- or occasional B+ get in to T20 above lazy val/sals.[/quote]

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