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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You also might want to schedule a few college visits this summer to appealing campuses -- UVA comes to my mind and I'm sure there are others nearby that you know would appeal to your DD.  Let her see the schools and listen to the admission criteria, talk to students and basically get a taste of what she's working for.  She knows her GPA now and will see what their first year students' average GPA is.  Hopefully it will motivate her for next year!  Worked for my sister.[/quote]

This.  You have to let them see the reward at the end of all the hard work -- moving away from you to someplace really cool.

Sit down and do the math with her -- both in terms of GPA, SAT scores and money.  Be transparent about where she is, where you are money-wise, and what she has to do to make her dreams come true.  Tell her you will help her -- tutor, help structuring time, experiences, etc. -- but that the only person who can accomplish it is her.  Do the math on the grades.  Show her how not doing homework can pull her up or down.  Show her what annual GPA she will have to hit in 10th and 11th grades to get to which kinds of schools.  Straight As and Straight Bs are going to lead you to two different levels of college.  I'm not one who believes an Ivy is the be all and end all, but show her the numbers and do the math now so that she can't say she didn't know.  [/quote]

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