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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a local kid headed to Harvard in the fall.  I'm not going to list his credentials because it would be extremely easy to figure out who he is, and I don't think it is particularly kind to splash a child's details all over the internet.

With all of that said, he absolutely deserves it and nothing he has accomplished is impossible for other kids to take on.  It took a lot of hard work on both his part and his parents' but he earned every bit of it, and so could anyone else willing to put in those kind of hours.  [/quote]

EXACTLY what I was getting at. It really comes down to sustained hard work over 4-6 years. [b]It seems nuts to some but nuts to me is letting your kids play video games and pretending a travel sport (your kid isn't very good at in the first place) dominate all their free time[/b].

Obviously not everyone's kid can get into HYPS but if you actually follow this template your kid will end up at a top 25 college or earn a full ride merit award to somewhere respectable.[/quote]

TBH, if I were obsessed about my kid going to an Ivy, I suppose I would think like this.  But I am not.  DH attended an Ivy and I attended a non-Ivy T20.  We have both done well in life.  For that reason, we were fine letting our kids be kids and our teens be teens.  They played travel teams because they enjoyed it and it kept them motivated and in shape.  Our kids played video games but they also designed them (that looked pretty good on the essay).  They were all active in our church because they enjoyed it.  Our goal was not to raise some superstar "Ivy or bust" kid.  We wanted to raise balanced, happy and well adjusted kids who had the perspective to know that not going to Ivy was not failure.  Fortunately, 3 of our 4 kids attended/are attending non-Ivy T20s.  Better yet, our oldest is in grad school at HYP .  Our middle DD did go to S - but she just lived her life - she did not feel the need to supercharge her activities so they looked good on an app. [/quote]

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