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[quote=Anonymous]I really don't understand the issue, OP.  Why would you discourage her from applying or feel the need to convince her that she's horrible?  Why wouldn't you let her apply?  
At this stage you have no idea if you can afford the school or not, or if the school would be a good fit or not - if she applies, maybe she gets in and gets a great merit or FA package, maybe she loves the school, maybe she thrives.
Or maybe she doesn't get in.
Or maybe she does get in, doesn't get any money, and then you say "Larla, I know you want to play quiditch and no name college, but that's not a financial possibility right now."
Or maybe she looks into it a little more, and realizes that while they have a mediocre quiditch team, they don't have a basket weaving major, and she really wants to be a professional underwater basket weaver when she grows up, so she decides all on her own not to apply.

None of those scenarios involve you crushing your daughter.  (Who, I'm sure, knows exactly how good she is.  She just sounds much more mature and well balanced than her mother, and still enjoys the sport even if she isn't a star.)[/quote]

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