Advice for my daughter

Nigiri
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:16:46 +0000

What makes you think the 12 people above her in class rank are going to get in before she does. That’s GPA. Do you know their SATs, their ECs? Maybe your daughter is the best prospect from UVAs perspective.

My son never took grades very seriously, he has about a 3.8 UW and is in the top 20%. He is being recruited for music and sports at some really great, non ivy places where I expect he will get a great education. Your daughter is on paper even more qualified. I have a hard time believing she won’t exit the college entrance process with many wonderful options.

I get a little down when I see the stress and hype over this process, your daughter sounds wonderful…it sure would be a same to set up expectations that ends up with her being disappointed with a wonderful result.