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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids’ friends are convinced there is no other way to succeed. They believe that it’s imperative to get into an Ivy or other top-ranked school in order to make money. They are so stressed and pressured about this. I am a successful professional and know many other successful professionals. Some of us went to Ivies, others didn’t. 
How can I explain to these teens that going to a college that is a good fit where they can thrive is much more important than going to an Ivy?[/quote]

I'd rather have my teens obsessed with the goal of getting into an Ivy than just being a average underachieving slacker kid. Have you seen the average teen? They're dumb as a brick, lazy, addicted to the phone and video games. They've literally never finished a book. Or the other large subset of teens obsessed with playing sports, which 99.9% of the time is just a pointless time sink.[/quote]

Aren't you a peach! I've never played a sport in my life and even I can see that being "obsessed" with a sport as a teen instills extremely important life skills like grit, leadership, self-discipline, time management, getting used to failure and criticism in a way that being obsessed with academics and getting into the best college just does not. [/quote]

If a kid has Ivys as a singular goal it's possible they graduate HS with a great GPA and great test scores, no sports and empty ECs and then wonder why they didn't get in when kids with worst GPA who happen to be class president or team captains do [/quote]

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