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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD - 1550 SAT, Top 2% of class (in the top 10 students) at a well regarded public high school. Not full pay. 4.0 UW, not sure of Waited but I want to say 4.6 or 4.7.

It wasn't pretty. We had a wide range but we did apply to a couple of top schools.

Denied at Princeton, Brown, Columbia,  Wellesley.

Wait-listed at Middlebury, Rice, and Barnard.

Accepted with lots of merit aid at Tulane, Fordham, Lafayette and some decent publics.

Accepted with No Merit at U Richmond, W&L.

I do think being a female hurt her especially at the SLACs. I would very much caution expectation setting.[/quote]

Wow, I think this post may suggest how strong an advantage full pay private school kids have in college admissions.  Haven’t seen outcomes like this at DC’s Big 3.[/quote]

No, my full pay, private kid with similar stats had roughly similar outcomes, except that she knew better than to even try at ivies. [/quote]

geez. reading that...why even try now.

[b]Curious, was dc pushed to achieve those stats? Have you hired private tutors, send kids to summer learning camps, etc...?[/b]

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[b]I'm the previous PP who posted the stats. No private tutors (although my DD did tutor), no summer learning camps. Just plain old persistence and grit.[/b][/quote]

Don't feel defensive because of the obnoxious post insinuating that your child was pushed and high stats was due to tutors & summer learning camps.  Just because her child couldn't reach high stats without that kind of help...  So rude.  Some parents who have lazy kids just can't believe that there are kids who are motivated on their own to work hard.[/quote]

I’m the poster who was inquiring about pushing. I am new to raising kids with education as a focus. Most high performing kids in knew from high school were raised in a tiger parent environment. Learning about the other side where kids are self motivated is new to me. I would like to raise a self motivated student like OPs, but the more I read about “those kids”, it seems like luck (Natural enjoyment for learning, hating to fail, or the competition amongst peers).[/quote]

I'm the PP and no offense taken - parenting is hard.

I have three kids and they are all different and have been since they were born. We could do a better job at setting expectations regarding school work but frankly we both work and its hard at the end of the day. My DD has an innate drive - always has and we do the best we can to provide support and encouragement. I do not think there is anything we could have done as parents that would have instilled in my DD her innate drive - I truly think she was born with it and it is who she is. [/quote]

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