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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a very real phenomenon. The hit that you take to your confidence and sense of your own abilities can be very hard at a top school. It’s best to be where you are challenged but also fit in. This happened to me in college and I often wonder what my path would have been like at a different school.[/quote]

This absolutely happened to me. Was in the gifted program/honors and AP classes throughout high school. Went to a top college and had a very difficult time. It hit my self esteem in the worst way. I wonder how I would have done if I had chosen to go to one of the middle colleges I had gotten into (still great colleges) and felt successful there instead of struggling. [/quote]

Ha. My kid wasn’t in GT in elementary or middle school because of lack of seats. Those were filled in kindergarten with the tiger parents pressuring the Principal and Kumoning the crap out of them in preschool.

Put both kids in private HS where they took off and were top of class, but HS had an environment that wasn’t uber competitive. Really learned and had great relationships with teachers.

At Ivies and instantly felt they belonged there. HS prepared them really, really well. My oldest said everyone he talks to is really really intelligent and he loves that. Top of class.[/quote]

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