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[quote=Anonymous]What is the goal here? If the goal is to be able to say -- YOU think you will get into H, who are you kidding, you are no where near good enough with your mediocre SATs and without straight As at your nothing school, I would know I live in the BIG city in the BEST district and USED TO work in admissions -- then I think you know you shouldn't be saying that.

If the goal is to help a kid/family that is overly optimistic and uninformed, esp. if you think the kid will end up with no college options in March -- then I think you can gently bring it up. Frankly I wouldn't even say anything re her being competitive for the ivys. Why not bring it up along the lines of -- what does she want to study. Then rattle of 2-3 schools in the range of her stats that are good in her anticipated major? Frankly I wouldn't be mean about it and even say -- I know the ivys are the goal, but if you want to keep your options open, you should look at X, Y, Z schools as back ups to the ivys bc they have a great program in ABC. Then it's up to her and her college educated parents to pursue it or not. This isn't a family where no one has gone to college so they have NO idea how it works. They are college educated themselves so I think they realize that even back in the 80s or 90s the ivys were still super competitive (different stats made you competitive them but it still really was only the top few kids in every graduating class who stood any shot); it's just that they may be the type of parents who don't want to hear you bc the sun rises and sets on their DD.[/quote]

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