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[quote=Anonymous]Okay, as a mom who has three kids at great schools (Northwestern, Duke, and Yale), I can share our experience.

First, my kids are normal kids. Yes, they took AP classes and have picked up enough credits to finish a year earlier, but they we not culled for this rat race. I am a single mom who barely had time to keep tabs on them let alone push them into Kumon when they were young.

Second, the unifying thread with all three of them (besides the fact that they had good grads and test scores) is that they are intensely passionate about one thing. My daughter actually spent two years away from college (Yale) studying ballet before giving up the ghost and heading to college. She's a great dancer, but I think she had to ** try ** to go big before deciding to pursue college. Yale really supported that decision and it was the right choice. She's in medical school now and is a fairly happy young adult.

My one son was crazy about computers. I mean, he took classes at Mason at night as a senior to learn more computer science stuff. He had good grades, etc. but I think the thing that helped him at Northwestern was his passion. I mean, the kid worked part-time at an internet company near Dulles as a junior and senior doing random coding projects. He's a senior and moving to California after graduation.

My youngest was an athlete and recruited to swim at Duke.

All of these kids were bright of course. But they had things they were crazy about -- I didn't push them but I did support their interests and spend a lot of time, money, and energy helping them do whatever they wanted. The main thread is that these types of schools are not just looking for good grades. They are interested in kids who are passionate and driven.[/quote]

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