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[quote=Anonymous]My daughter had two friends go into RMIB freshman year.

One was just a well rounded easy going smart person.  Like she always looked for things that interested them. Sports, books, logic puzzles, etc... Laid back parents - she was just an independent go getter who never took herself too seriously.

Other friend had very uptight parents that really stressed good grades. She was a very happy kid in ES and straight A's and things seem to come easy.  She started to stress in middle school - typical for middle school.  She seemed to only do what needed to be done for her.  Was in 24/7 activities and was never available for sleepovers or events.  She always wanted to get the best grades, the best at everything.  A people pleaser.

Obviously you can tell who maintained the same characteristics and did well in the program, and who went into a huge anxiety/depression spiral and even needed medication.  Who secretly asked for Adderall from friends with ADHD, to stay up late to study.  Her friendships took a back seat and she even dropped all but one sport.  She struggled but stayed in and did ok.  But she was also WL to colleges she thought should could get into and ended up at UMD with all of her other non IB friends.  She was very happy there. Away from the stress of the program and her family.  She will be the first one to tell you it ruined her 4 years of high school.

Parents truly have to be honest with themselves whether a program like this will enrich your child or stress them out.  It has NOTHING to do with abilities and how smart you are.  It has to do if it is fascinates you, encourages you, and makes them excited to go to school.

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