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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve taken care to not discuss “Big 3” schools or anything of that nature around DD 14 as she applies to high schools. However, I guess she heard about it from friends or something, because it’s looking like she will not be going to a “Big 3” school next year but her friends mostly are. They are always rejoicing about their academic prospects, while she feels hers are nonexistent and she’ll never get into college. This is so heartbreaking to me. How do I comfort my child and show her that a Big 3 school is not everything?[/quote]

I have a graduate and current upper schooler at a Big3.  The only kids getting into an Ivy or similar unhooked from our school are top10% kids.  It's really not a good option for most kids if they're concerned about college admits.  These kids are working their a$$ off, 3-4 hours a night for 4 years, turning in college-level literary analyses ever month to end up at with a few Bs and any chance of Ivies or similar over.  Meanwhile, kids at DCPS are doing a fraction of the work, getting As for completion in many classes and ending up with Ivy choices.  I know as I had graduates from both.

Life is not over if you don't make it into a Big3. In fact unless you have a really outlier kid it's probably not a good choice. [/quote]

Are you sure they are doing a fraction of the work? They might have just as much work in the ECs and other activities. [/quote]

The private kids have the same ECs and activities plus the 3-4 hours of homework nightly beginning in 9th grade. [/quote]

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