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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest is only 14 and not even in high school yet but I have heard of kids who seem perfect on paper get shut out.

I actually started a thread yesterday about parent involvement in starting non profits and businesses for their kids to look good for college admissions. I am not confident my kids can get admitted into a top college in today’s climate. It seems you need something unique and special. My kids are smart, play multiple sports well and are just your typical well redounded UMC kid. I’m still undecided if I want to jump through hoops to help my children have impressive sounding fluff for their college admissions or just let them be (likely not do anything especially impressive besides typical school clubs and sports).[/quote]

The latter! Being a teenager is hard enough without having to start a non-profit and take 10 AP courses. Do people hear themselves? Our kids are not vessels for our own ambitions and status anxieties.

FWIW - we have one kid in college and two more in MS. They're gonna grow up normally, do what they want outside the classroom and they'll probably go to a state school.  [/quote]

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