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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My sisters kids are this age. Both spouses are Ivy educated and she basically said that she doesn’t pressure her kids too much because the odds of an unhooked kid ending up at an Ivy and along the tracked path to a top grad school and career are so slim- maybe a few a grade these days. She encourages balance in high school and focusing on career once in college/early adulthood.

Fwiw, my friend was this same profile when we were in HS- worked their butt off but didn’t get into any ivies. Ended up at the same top 30 college as people who hadn’t stressed themselves out nearly as much. Their work ethic has taken them far in college and career. Know another student who was brilliant at my school, every AP, top grades, nearly a 1600 on SATs. Didn’t get into their HYP and pretty much just gave up in life. To add to this anecdotal evidence, many of the successful kids from my competitive HS were not necessarily the valedictorians or the very top students. The pressure is probably not worth it. [/quote]

As parents, we have to emphasize it's a marathon not a sprint. That's the biggest lesson I learned in college. All the top colleges place an enormous amount of pressure on kids. My advisor explained to me "this is only your beginning, not the end, so slow it all down." Best advice and direction I ever received. Of course, we were using the Stats book he wrote for his class :-) 
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