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[quote=Anonymous]This is a weird post. And seems fake?

I have 2 kids. Both private K-12. Did not gun for Ivy at all.

Frankly, they had slow to develop academic interests in middle school, and when they did develop, they were out of left field and kind of strange. We let them go deep - weird hobbies and interests that neither parent knew anything about. Both were involved in their HS in various (and different) capacities. Including leadership. But a lot of their interests were outside of school.

Oldest only got a 34 on ACT by super scoring and refused test prep (watched YouTube videos for tests each night before the exam and took the test 3 times, each time focused on a different section). Didn't want to sit through and practice the test bc thought DC thought it was a waste of time when DC could be tinkering with their "true interests".

Second kid bombed the math section of the test, though perfect on English. Humanities major. Both kids who frankly don't seem like the poster children for "top schools".

Oldest at Ivy. Younger at private T20. Both got in during RD.

We were SHOCKED. It's not about grooming them from birth. Let their interests develop organically. Nurture the weird and unusual.[/quote]

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