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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can sympathize. My kid is a good student and bright but not super smart and also not naturally driven. Many of our friends' kids are on the Ivy league train while we will likely go the  VA Tech, University of Maryland or something similar route. I just remind myself of all the good qualities my child has and also of the fact that both my husband and I went to mid-range state schools and are successful and happy. It helps that most of the parents we know aren't the braggy type but it still comes up in conversation. "Little so and so is taking 4 APs this year and is in Calculus as a sophomore." The fact that your child has some challenges makes the comparison game even more pointless.  I know it is hard but try to just focus on their strengths and remind yourself that we live in an extraordinarily competitive and intellectual area of the country. Most of America is not doing what the kids in this area do in middle school and high school so your student is already ahead of the game.[/quote]

PP, you don't have to go to Ivy league to be successful.  Dan Snyder and Kevin Plank (Under Armour) both went to University of Maryland and dropped out to pursue their entreprenurial desires.  There are also plenty of successful folks that started out at community colleges and finished at 4 year universities.  I never listen to those folks because I can look at myself, who did not go to an Ivy and probably make just as much or more than them.  Everything is not as it appears...[/quote]

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