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[quote=Anonymous]I think teacher recommendations count for a lot and you can't fake or buy those. (Well, maybe the handful of you who can afford fancy private schools.) My kid had pretty mediocre grades in high school but his teachers LOVE him. The grades are mainly because of ADHD, they know he knows the material because he does fine on tests and in classroom discussions and I'm sure they said so, with details, in his letters. He got into almost all of the colleges he applied to, with a high school GPA below 3.0.

I do our intern recruiting and you can tell from the recommendation letters which applicants are the real deal and which aren't. As an employer I don't want the best resume, I want the best person, and it will come through in a letter because if someone talks about the resume then you know that's all there is to talk about. If they really talk about the person--who they are and what they bring, why they stand out, what makes them memorable out of all the students out there--you know you have a winner.

All the test prep in the world doesn't raise that kid. I don't even know if intensive parenting raises that kid. I think it's [u]supportive[/u] parenting. [/quote]

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