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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All along the way, the college admissions process is affected by decisions made before the kids were really mature enough to make certain decisions and judgments. I'll give an example, my sophomore D is the kid who turns in great work and would probably have all As if they turned everything in, didn't listen to harping on grades because it stresses her out, so I had to really take a step back except for situations where her grades were dropping precipitously. As it is, there are a couple of Cs freshman year that will exclude her being able to consider top schools. Now, suddenly, thanks to some of her friends, she is beginning to understand that grades and GPA drive the process, and she has been more focused on pulling out the grades. At least she has the rigor, but she already limited her options. The cake is partly baked.
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Outside of T50 schools, she will be fine.  There are plenty in the 50+ range that will see it for what it is---a kid figuring things out after freshman year and moving forward.

And in reality, [b]if your kid wasn't a striver in Freshman year, they likely will never have the personality/strong desire to actually be at a T25 school-[/b]-[b]it would be an expensive and miserable experience for a kid like that if they were to somehow get admitted. [/b]
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That's not necessarily true. Expensive, but not that the kid would never be motivated enough. Motivation and maturity can kick-in after a miserable freshman year.[/quote]

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