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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A kid like that can land anywhere. My kid also had similar stats with max rigor and exceeded high school offerings in 2 subjects. Like another PP, he took 3 courses beyond BC calculus.

I encouraged him to be realistic and told him that it is hard to predict admissions. High stats kids we know ended up at HYP, UVA, UMD, and Michigan. We tried not to push our kid to apply T10 if he didn’t really want it.

He applied and was accepted ED1 in engineering in a T40 school he loved and felt right to him.

I believe cream rises to the top. Your bright kid will be fine wherever he/she lands. [/quote]

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All the angst here is because most of these "high stats" students aren't naturally bright - they're curated and pushed by their parents.  They're basically just average competent children of strivers.   The kids who are destined to succeed probably don't have parents on here posting all their insecurity.[/quote]

This! I remember when my kids played soccer in elementary school and the constant talking by parents about how their kid was the next phenom and needed to “play up” because they were so gifted. Three years later, these kids got cut from the freshmen HS soccer team and never played a sport again. Then the parents tripled down on the kids academics and never stopped talking about it. In six years it will be the same thing - the kids average-ness will come through.[/quote]

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