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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please tell me about your Big-3 non-high stats kid's college application experiences.
DD is a sophomore at a Big-3. Her grades are mostly Bs, a few As, one C. She plays one sport and is decent, but not outstanding. She enjoys creative writing, and writes for the student newspaper. She is very kind and has fortunately not suffered from much friendship drama. I would be surprised if she scored above 1350 on the SATs. What kinds of colleges do students like DD end up at from Big-3s? I don't want to push her too hard because she seems happy and content, which is so important. On the other hand, I wonder if she'll have more options if we enrolled her in SAT tutoring, pushed the sports a bit more, etc. We are full pay, but not wealthy enough to be noticeable donors.
Thank you in advance. She is our oldest and our first foray into the college admissions process. I am a bit alarmed by the posts I am reading about how competitive college admissions have become.[/quote]

Is she at a laid back progressive “Big 3” with a somewhat wide range of students?

If so if things are so laid back she may not near her full potential academically, and need help with motivation. We had this issue and had to be more active. The teen remained happy and content. [/quote]

What did you do to motivate her, and in a way that she remained happy and content? We are in this situation now and would love to know what worked for folks  [/quote]

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