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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GPA matters, and with TO, it matters more. Your child, like it or not, is competing against every other child at their high school for coveted spots in each university. Highest GPA is going to take the spot every single time.[/quote] I guess the question is whether he should be coveting those particular spots. Assuming the lists above are accurate and apply to him, is the difference between Ithaca and Franklin and Marshall or Penn State and UMD substantial enough that giving up things he loves, and that develop life long skills, worth it? [/quote] I'd argue that it is not! Let your kid be passionate about what he loves. 3.5 GPA is an A-, it's not failing or even B average! Kids with 3.0 GPAs still go to decent colleges and succeed in life (and there is a huge difference between a 3.5 gpa and a 3.0 gpa in HS setting)[/quote]
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