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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are the kids who have tutors because they are truly floundering in one or more subjects and there are the kids who have tutors who are so far ahead of their classmates, that the school’s resources aren’t enough.  No one seems to have an issue with tutoring in either one of those situations.[b] It’s that gray middle where a B can keep them out of a T-10…[/b].I don’t know what the solution for that is. Everyone hits their ceiling at some point- college, grad school, job- when they realize that they’re aren’t the “top” or “elite” and have to admit to needing help and feel comfortable asking for it. [/quote]

If that keeps them out they were not meant to be there, so be it. I was top in high school and not top in college(but still phi beta kappa) and I did not get a private tutor.  I went to office hours and worked with TAs when needed. We all did. That is what my kids at ivies do, and they are not the very top but they are certainly top quarter. They learned to ask teachers for help in middle school. They did not need us as parents to rush in and "fix" or prevent the risk of a slightly lower grade. If a test did not go well they learned to ask for help and figure out why, then when the grade came up they could be very proud. The ones at their colleges who get tutors outside the TAs and professor office hours are the ones who are below the means on tests. They should get tutors, of course, but for some they are so far below the average self-disciplined highly organized gunner peers that even a tutor does not help. They would be better off if they had gone to an easier school ie a peer group they could compete with. Its not just ivies--I have a good friend whose kid is experiencing this at UVA. The finagling to get the kid into the higher rigor courses and months to finally get the 1430 are coming back to haunt them. They have many Cs already. They were pushed by parents who went there and they should have listened to great teacher advice to target somewhere that fit them better. [/quote]

1430 gets you in UVA?  [/quote]

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