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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read the whole thread, but this is something I would think (but I didn't write it here).

I'm also the PP of the thread where my high flyer kid is coming home from school saying things like "Larlo says I need to quit theater tech crew (which he loves) to join the math team (which he would hate, my kid likes math, but he doesn't like competing in that way).  Larlo says that if I don't have good extracurriculars, I won't get in anywhere for college!"

So, what I mean is that I'd rather my kid followed his heart and did what he loved (within reason), than jump through hoops in hopes that he lands at Harvard or MIT instead of UMD or VT.

Now, having said that, if my kid does whatever he does and then it turns out Harvard does like tech theater and offers him a space?  Sure he can go if he chooses.  I don't think my kid would be happier at UMD than at Harvard, I trust he'd visit both and know which is right*.  But if the cost of Harvard is 4 years of high school spent giving up what he loves and pretending to be someone else?  Then that's a cost I'd rather he didn't pay.

*This assumes the net price calculators that say they'd both cost similar amounts for us are correct.  
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