I'm worried - very worried

AverageFail
Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:26:49 +0000

Show them some of the results of RD and such of the colleges that they want to attend, and point out rejected students’ SAT scores. You can say something along the lines of “If this kid didn’t get in… How do you expect to?”. That being said… That statement may either completely motivate them (depending on how committed they are to attending “Top 40” colleges) or it may cause them to give up. I think that your cousins, if serious about going to a prestigious university, will likely understand that they need to spend more time actually learning, rather than “studying” for hours on end, to no avail.