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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, you will find there are kids doing all of these same activities and still have a 4.0. The bottom line is that your kid has to decide what kijd if student he wants to be, no one can answer that for him. [/quote]

I know there are kids who can do that.  I have another one who could and I feel like the same question might yield different answers for him, because the difference between the schools he might get into with a 4.0 vs. a 3.8 is much more dramatic and maybe worth significant sacrifice.

But academics don’t come easily for this kid.  He works hard for his grades.  Even if he sacrificed all the extra curriculars, he also wouldn’t be looking at top schools.  [/quote]

I think folks who do not have students like yours don’t get it.  These folks think every kid can get a 4.0 uw, but some of us know not every kid can do that and not every kid is aiming for Top 20 schools.  I would temper any advice you get on here with that in mind.

For kids like ours, the academics are grueling and the self-confidence trade off is too much sometimes.  We have let our less than stellar student be good at other things and spend time on the things they are good at.  In the end, that confidence is more important than “top” schools. They will go to college.  I’m not concerned.[/quote]

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