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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is a bright kid, takes a few AP classes and generally gets decent grades.  [b]However, she is not a psychotic striver like some of you seem to believe is the only acceptable approach to life.  She is not going to graduate having built orphanages on Mars or fed starving budgies in Dubuque.  She's probably never going to win a Nobel prize, or a Pulitzer, or a Crackerjack [/b](I know - The Horror, The Horror!).  She's just a decent kid who works reasonably hard and generally keeps her head above water.  The kind of behavior that got me into a decent college and landed me a decent job.

Now, I know some of you are going to suggest we stuff her in a sack and drown her in the millpond before it's too late, but we've grown kind of attached to the lil' blighter.  And now that it's time to start thinking about the ol' college search, we find ourselves wondering:

Where to start?  What are good schools for average students, especially in the STEM fields?[/quote]

My kid, who is captain of the soccer team, editor of the school newspaper, plays in the band, volunteered at a soup kitchen, and took a photo op with a starving baby from a third world country is better than your kid.  Seriously?  I cannot stand uber achievers because all this stuff is a bunch of phony BS that idiots have bought into.  With a parent who has a sense of humor like this, your daughter has a great start to begin with![/quote]

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