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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a father of a young boy, I think about this all the time.  Things are so different from when I was a kid which wasn't even that long ago.  You can't do rec league soccer and more it has to be travel league, summer camp signup started before the New Year, high school kids are doing charity trips to third world countries...  This list just goes on and on...[/quote]

You can do rec soccer. It is a choice. Most kids who do travel soccer will eventually quit and it serves very little purpose. [/quote]

It’s really hard to find a rec soccer team after 6th grade.

I’m feeling this stress because my kid had a bad freshman year and even he got straight As the rest of HS, he probably won’t get into UMd or anything like a top 100 school.  He had basically one bad month that ranked his second semester grades and it feels like there’s no recovery from it.  [/quote]

Michigan State is ranked #60 and has an 89% acceptance rate...there are a number of Top 100 schools with high acceptance rates.[/quote]

+1 You might be surprised what’s highly ranked and what their acceptance rates are. Or what colleges are strong in particular programs.

If the goal is grad or professional school, do well in undergrad and then go for the top grad/law schools. Thats worth much more than a fancy undergrad. Go on any Biglaw website and look where they did their undergrads, I promise you’re going to see a surprising variety. Law schools no, they all want the T14, maybe T25 if well qualified or practicing in an unusual area. But you can get into a top law, med, or business school from just about anywhere with the right undergrad 
grades/scores/resume. [/quote]

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