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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my BFF's daughter isn't a senior yet, but I predict ivy's for her. No hooks--and her parents have given up on asking her if she really feels the need to take that insanely challenging class or compete in that national competition or do any of the objectively extraordinary things she does. They are loving, supportive, and somewhat baffled. This is ALL her, not them. If they push at all, it's for her to please take it easy.

This kid is not only exceptionally brilliant, she's an energizer bunny! Not happy unless she is active and challenging herself. Engaged in a wide variety of academic, athletic, artistic, and service endeavors. All in leadership capacities, many on a regional if not national scale.

She has wonderful friends, a lovely family, and is quite privileged in rather ordinary but obvious ways.

Ofc she also has the needed perfect grades and ridiculous test scores: But for the past three years her extracurricular engagement has truly been a marvel. I would not believe kids like this existed if I hadn't watched her grow up as she has. But she's just casually both brilliant and ambitious. Not because she's trying to get into an ivy, but because she really really really loves doing all of these crazy wonderful things. [/quote]

chatgpt ... ?[/quote]

Nope :) You can tell bc no em dashes or weird parallel phrasing lol

Like I said, I wouldn't believe she was for real if I didn't know her.

She is a bit self-conscious about her appearance. Does that help you believe she is a real teenager?

She is kind of like Alex from Modern family, but a little happier -- and her parents are way smarter (well my Bestie is, her husband is... charismatic? Definitely gets the high energy from him.)

It's annoying, you really want to roll your eyes at her. But she's lovely and this is just who she is. She wants to go to an ivy mostly because she hopes she will (finally?) have a real cohort of likeminded peers. That's probably the thing she struggles with most: She doesn't love all the attention. She would like to be somewhere it's more ordinary to be exceptional.

I know. I'd be rolling my eyes too. I think she's a rare bird--and she might be disappointed to find she will continue to be exceptional, even in exceptional spaces. Heavy is the crown...! [/quote]

Reads non-fictional until ... "energizer bunny". lol
I can see that you rewrite it a bit, but it still smells like engine oil.[/quote]

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