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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think many people are being super witches here. OP asked an innocent question. If you can't be helpful, move on. She doesn't need your nasty preaching or condescending attitudes.

OP -- I can be helpful. [b]My little plan worked for my dd who graduated from an Ivy[/b]. I would need to know if your child goes to a public or private school and what year they are in. Most people start too late. If child is older than rising freshman, it is late in the ballgame.

Top Ivies want people who are the best in whatever their passion is. So, if your child likes to write, as you say, then she will need to enter and win some writing contests.

For volunteering to have any recognition...child must start something themselves. Must have excellent recommendations from the people served.

Good luck! Don't listen to the naysayers. Check out fastweb.com for some ideas of all of the scholarships and contests out there. Mine won about 6 or 7 national contests and was a recruited athlete as well.[/quote]

Helicopters at 12 o clock - incoming! :roll: [/quote]

Do you really think most kids get into Ivies without a boatload of advice and guidance from their parents?

They don't.  Kids don't know what it takes to get into an Ivy. If you want your kid to get into an Ivy, you better help them do what it takes to get into an Ivy. If you don't care (or your kid doesn't want to go to an Ivy), then feel free to back off. [/quote]

I did as well. My parents did literally nothing.

I think this is the story you are telling yourself to justify your helicoptering.

I've said this before, we are depriving an entire generation of their rightful childhood. They will be very angry at us one day. And they will raise their own children with more sanity.[/quote]

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