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<p>@areyouserioussss: Are you serious? She’s a freshman in high school! She’s allowed to dream big, and frankly I think this will make all the difference. One can aspire to attend Yale as a fourteen-year-old and still have a life.</p>
<p>FWIW, I wanted to go to MIT when I was in sixth grade and had just learned how to design Web sites. In eighth grade I wanted to go to Harvard. Now I’ve applied ED to Columbia. It’s not a sin to plan your life; in fact, I’d argue that those who are motivated to do so, as the OP clearly is, are much more slated to be the future Ivy Leaguers of tomorrow.</p>