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[quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the question. This is an A student with a 1500+ score. And she doesn't want to go to a college that is "competitive?"

What does that even mean?

Like, she doesn't want to apply to schools that are generally rejective? Community college solves that. Plus most of the public satellite campuses. Just enroll. Or does she not want to go to a school where students take classes seriously and try their best? There are a bunch of rich kid liberal arts colleges that are way down the list that will be very happy to take your money and not expect much academically.

Is she intimidated by students who are motivated and challenge themselves? Does she just want to glide for four years? Does she expect education to happen through osmosis? It seems odd to reject everything from a tiny little rural SLAC to giant a state school like UCLA out of hand because students... study? Have ambition? Want to do well?

Usually when a bright teenager loses all motivation there's something else going on. Is she using a lot of weed? Is she depressed? Those are the usual two suspects.   [/quote]

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