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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm just hoping for my high school junior's sake there is some truth to it. [b]DC works incrediby hard at a very intense private school. Gets okay grades, but definintely in the lower middle of the pack in the school[/b]. Beloved by most for being an all-around great kid and is a strong athlete. Not quite strong enough for the top D1 programs, but lower D1 and very competitive DIII are coming after them fairly hard. But is now just waiting for the other shoe to drop when they see their mid-year grades--they're fine, but below admissions standards for the [b]high academic schools[/b] that want him. We're hoping just one of them has one of those "coveted" spots that can land them admission![/quote]

I'm curious why you want your child to go to a "high academic school" when he isn't a highly academic kid.  Does HE want this?
I have two kids at Big3 schools.  One loves the pressure and the academics and does extremely well.  She wants a highly academic college where she can be surrounded by extremely driven 
kids and work really hard.

My second kid is not an academic.  He is around the 50% mark for the Big3 school.  He has ZERO interest in going to a highly academic college after 4 years at a highly academic high school. 
I know many, many kids like him.  Does your son really want 4 more years of academic stress in a class of "gunners?  My son can think of nothing worse.[/quote]

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