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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most who matriculate were in the top 10% of their HS class. Mathematically, most of those students will not be in the top 10% of their university graduating class. For some, particularly if their parents have sky high pressure on GPA, this status downgrade is too much to handle. Very sad. [/quote]

This is what so many kids and parents do not understand, and it's heartbreaking!  I went to a T10, 30+ years ago.  During orientation, I recall they told the students (and parents in their sessions), that look around, all of you were in the T10% of HS most in the T5%, you are the "cream of the crop".  Well now you are surrounded by kids all just like you.  There is no bottom 90% like in HS.  So you will get your first B/Cs, you may not be "at the top" and that is "okay".   And I watched it happen, some kids were very stressed, especially the Pre-med students where your GPA does matter alot.

For this reasons, I think it is very important to think if a "TOP schools" is really the best for your kid.  If med school is the ultimate goal, a tier below where your kid can more easily get As might be a better choice.  Fact is most stem courses are graded on a curve....so unless everyone is earning a 90%+ in the course, your grade will be determined by "the overall level of smarts in the course". Much easier to get an A/B+ in Organic Chemistry at a school where you are in the top 20% of students vs one where everyone is a striver/4.0+ mentality
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