Is he aiming too high?

modestmelody
Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:29:54 +0000

Our val and sal quite typically go to the least impressive schools of our top 10… so that’s not the way to look at it.

2 things-- 1) Your kid has stats to make him competitive most places 2) If your kid wants to get into top places, it’s halfway through Jr. year-- it’s time to suck it up and not lose a grade on stupid hw assignments that probably won’t take an hour total a night. If he/she can’t do that, he/she is unlikely to be super successful at a top school anyway.

Take it from someone who manipulated his way through high school to ensure as little work as possible was done and is now at a top school-- you have got to be able to kick it very seriously into gear to be able to do well. For me, it hasn’t been a problem, but for some of my friends, it has been a huge problem. While I rarely did the HW everyone else was doing, I made deals with almost all of my teachers to do something different to ensure I kept my grades and didn’t waste my time.