<p>My D is one of those who does it all and does it the best. Even though the music/drama depts at her school were pretty awful, she did all she could there and also performed in the community at every opportunity, often rehearsing/performing 2 shows at a time. Beginning last year, she also held down 2PT jobs, one of which allowed her to sing. All of this was done while completing a rigorous academic curriculum consisting of Honors, AP and dual-credit courses and finishing with a 5.0 weighted GPA.If something she wanted wasn’t available at school, she made every effort to seek out an alternative.She’s hard-wired that way and would never have been comfortable doing less or taking less challenging courses. In fact, she chose to leave the school district she had always attended and to attend a private, Catholic, girls’ school because she was tired of being known as the “best of everything” and wanted to start over! All of her hard work has afforded her the option to pursue either a dual academic minor or taking a dual-degree (French to go with her VP) and all could be completed within 4 years since she has so many courses that will be accepted (all of those AP’s received grades of “5” and the exams this week look to be the same). Frankly, I wouldn’t have allowed her to lay off of the academics even though she has known since 6th grade that she wanted to attend a conservatory as opposed to a LAC or university; I feel that good grades are an indicator of performance in a career and am very proud that she has been so diligent and such a high achiever. I am especially proud that she has been involved in community service and has taken part in many charitable and volunteer opportunities and managed to find the best ways to mesh her talents with the needs of the organization/people. Never once has she felt overworked or burdened with more than she could take on so I’m sure that she will do just fine in college and wherever life takes her from there.</p>