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The discussion has been about specific schools and application prospects, but one thing to Keep in mind, OP, regardless of where she applies and where she gets in: It sounds as if she's smart so she's been able to get terrific grades etc. while still preferring most other things to studying (at least that's how you paint her in your very first post, to me). Not all the time, of course, I get that; no kid is going to make those grades without putting in certain time, doing the assigments etc.! But I'd spend some serious attention on her study habits and help her get those into solid shape before college. Sailing through high school is terrific but can create a student who thinks he or she has a knack for getting the work done and the information absorbed so easily. Then that creates a student who might hit a brick wall at college, depending on the course of study and the far greater social temptations of college life. In other words, neither she nor you should take for granted that what has worked for her in HS will work the same way, with the same results, in college. A kid can be truly gifted in IQ and good at schoolwork etc. but that is not the same thing as having good study skills and the ability to set priorities and schedules entirely on one's own, for a college level workload. Especially a reading workload, OP. I'd say this to any parent of a strong HS student, by the way, not just your DD. (-- parent of a current college senior and person involved with a lot of HS students through various programs for gifted kids)[/quote]

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