@Undercrackers sounds like your daughter is really on the right path. She will achieve success because of, not in spite of, the fact that she knows herself and won’t allow herself to get too stressed. I really think that is so important and something that a lot of over-achieving students and people in general are missing. Someday, when they all have jobs, they may not need to know a lot of the rigorous academics that they learned in college…but they will have deadlines and need to learn how to deal with stress. This is something I need to work on with my other two children because they stress themselves out way too much and it’s counter productive. Having straight A’s in hard classes means nothing if you can’t handle stress well.
Good luck to your D! She sounds like a role model to me.