High School Years: College Prep or Life Prep?

[Klements]

<p>[High</a> School Years: College Prep or Life Prep? | Psychology Today](<a href=“http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/creative-synthesis/201204/high-school-years-college-prep-or-life-prep]High”>High School Years: College Prep or Life Prep? | Psychology Today)</p>

[classicalmama]

<p>Great article. This one, linked in the article Klementz posted, is even more thought provoking.</p>

<p><a href=“Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard - The New York Times”>Young, Gifted, and Not Getting Into Harvard - The New York Times;

[PelicanDad]

<p>Here’s a recent article from the Loomis LOG that talks about admissions competition at both the BS and college levels. It’s referencing the following linked letter from the TSAO site:</p>

<p>[Ten</a> Schools Admission Organization](<a href=“http://www.tenschools.org/news/letter.htm]Ten”>http://www.tenschools.org/news/letter.htm)</p>

<p>[Editorial:</a> The cost of competitive admissions | Loomis Chaffee Log](<a href=“http://www.lclog.org/en/22/opinion/309/Editorial-The-cost-of-competitive-admissions.htm]Editorial:”>http://www.lclog.org/en/22/opinion/309/Editorial-The-cost-of-competitive-admissions.htm)</p>

[MDMomofTwo]

<p>Classical mama- that NY times article is very thought provoking and so true!!! I sincerely wish people would see that there is more than one path to success- this incessant obsession with Harvard is so narrow minded and so unrealistic</p>

[nylecoj007]

<p>The tongue n cheek analysis in article below would be downright funny if it were not so close to reality.</p>

<p>[Princeton</a> University Rejects All Its Applicants! - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-37244954/princeton-university-rejects-all-its-applicants/?tag=mwuser]Princeton”>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505145_162-37244954/princeton-university-rejects-all-its-applicants/?tag=mwuser)</p>

[ExieMITAlum]

<p>I loved this quote from the first link:

It takes courage to put college prep into a broader perspective during our children’s adolescence, especially when we get the message from friends and family that admission to specific schools is the only validation of a bright child’s potential. However, if your gifted teenager doesn’t take or pass AP calculus, she can always begin with Calculus I in college. If he doesn’t apply to all 12 colleges on his original list or go to a $50,000-per-year dream school, he can still find one that is a good fit. There are many good teachers, classes, and schools out there to meet our children’s intellectual needs. But our teenagers have only one set of parents capable of knowing and supporting them as only parents can, and for that there is no remedial class.

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