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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] And of course it makes sense! It almost made me feel better - the Ivies *should* be for the tippy top students. Why do we want our kids breaking their back to be perfect teenagers unless they truly are superstars? Schools like UVA are still great and doesn't mean you've failed at anything, it just means that you were a normal teenager and they understand and even encourage this. Does anyone else feel the same way? [/quote]

it's not just superstars getting into those schools, those schools are full of rich entitled preppy kids, just look at what UPenn spit out, yuck
I don't know if I want my kid that driven, always obsessing over work, I know kids that are high-achieving, for different reasons, some to have better life than their struggling parents, many of them are not very happy, I prefer my kid easy-going, spending time playing, not wasting time but some of that happens too, I'm happy if I see my kid being responsible, doing the homework, probably not going to be president or such but having good life ... it's true we help tons with money and other kids do not have that luxury, they have to think about paying their parents' debts[/quote]

Not all kids are that happy "playing".  Some are happy studying or writing or researching or practicing an instrument.  Different strokes for different folks.  There is a fit for different kinds of students and people.[/quote]

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