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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the process is easier if you have a medium-achieving student with medium goals. So, instead of a 4.0UW GPA with 10 AP tests with all 5s (and that's before senior year), varsity sport captain, etc, etc, you have a regular kid with a 3.5 GPA, a couple AP classes, a regular sport or EC or job. That first kid is qualified to go to any college or university but could get shut out, and the second kid knows they're aiming lower, probably picking schools with 70+% acceptance rates, and getting in most places.[/quote]

The first kid is not going to get shut out of college.[/quote]

Why don't parents understand that? The first kid will get into just about all of the places the second kid got into to, plus has a shot at the highest tier schools. The issue is the parents/high achieving kids want the same acceptance rates as the second kid, but at the most selective schools in the country. THAT's what they are complaining about![/quote]

Not even the MOST selective schools, but kid 1 may not get into their state flagship. And neither will kid 2, but kid 2 knows that's their reach.

So then both kid 1 and kid 2 are accepted to medium university. Kid 2 is happy, that was their goal, and Kid 1 is wondering what the heck they worked so hard for.

And I say this as a parent of Kid 2.[/quote]

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