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[quote=Anonymous]I am a parent of a kid who is not doing the "race to nowhere." She has taken a total of 2 APs, as well as some honors and some regular classes. She is applying to 8 colleges because some are geographically far away, some are closer to home, some are reach, some are safety, some are great in her possible intended major, some don't have her "what she thinks is her major. Maybe out of 8, she'll get into 4-5 and we hope by spring she'll figure out what she wants.

Even without the heavy school courseload, she has a job for 15 hours per week and she likes hanging out with friends, so adding in the whole college application process has been stressful. Admittedly, part of that is just learning what the process is! Our school was not very good in laying that out. We are also trying to get in all applications early action to hopefully increase her chances but also just to be done with everything before the winter break.

She did already apply to a safety school and was admitted. We both loved the school when we visited (but it's far away), but that has been a great stress relief to know that she is already in somewhere that she would be happy at. It's not a competitive school, but we are trying not to get caught up in the college one upmanship race.  [/quote]

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