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I think you missed the point. It's not that expecting your DC to attend your alma mater is too much pressure if he has AS, it's that expecting your DC to attend your alma mater is too much pressure period. It's much harder to get into elite schools than it was 15 or 20 years ago; even for double-legacies it's a crap shoot. [/quote]

I'm well aware of all that and we wouldn't want DC to apply if the school (any school) wasn't a good "fit".  DC is a double legacy and will get preferance under development too so not that much of a crap shoot.  I actually hope that DC will go to the same undergrad as one of my brothers rather than any Ivy.

Look, I agree with you it's a fine line between expecting too much and expecting too little especially when it comes to kids like ours.  One can only do their best...[/quote]

One should be doing their best when it comes to their child's college, one's child should be driving the process.  (I have a junior and am beginning to see the damage done by parental expectations on DC's classmates.)[/quote]

I'm familiar with parental pressure:  My brothers (and I) all attended ivy or equivalent despite not getting any support or IEPs for AS, not being legacies, and being immigrants whose first language is not English.  And very few get that far without having pushy parents or parents who don't have very high expectations.

I hope I can find a balance... My kid will have it (much) easier.  Completely different circumstances and he gets a ton of support including a diagnosis.[/quote]

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