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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

+1
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]

I agree with you to some extent. I hardly knew what my kid was up to in high school. Got into Harvard from a public school that does not send kids to Harvard. Friends are all from NYC/Boston area privates, double Harvard legacies (multiple have both parents that attended Harvard undergrad and/or grad school), some have parents on faculty — these are all kids who have been raised to be successful from birth. They have been educated on what is important to the careers they want to pursue. It is simply not the kind of information that we can provide. So while my kid is doing great, friends are doing better simply because of their parents’ involvement. Yeah they’re not here posting because they are using that time telling their kids what they should do to get ahead. My kid’s friends have said that they are doing X because their parents have asked them to. You don’t know it until you hear from the kids just how involved their parents are, and these kids are going to be successful because of their connections AND their qualifications. Their parents have made sure they will be.[/quote]

This. [/quote]

Agree 💯 
I see it with all of the finance internships that the ivy kids get even after freshman year. Yes, there are internships to be had that early, based on who you know.[/quote]

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