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<p>In general, I agree, adding “or perhaps a very good school in a nearby state”.<br>
When you have time (if that ever happens) you might check out some threads on the law school board, including one that I started several months ago on why a top-tier school is not the only way to success. (Gave the background of the new nominee for Secretary of Agriculture)</p>
<p>My d. dropped out of the “academic performance cult” at birth - we homeschooled, and basically allowed her to do what she wanted. Then packaged her up for the college game (though I wish she’d taken another “gap” year, since they were ALL gap years. ;)) I’ll never forget her taking the tour at Smith, and the tour guide, trying to make small talk, asking her what her ECs were, and my daughter looking at her with a big, blank stare.</p>
<p>All the colleges we looked at seemed to be perfectly fine with the packaging, except for Pomona, which couldn’t deal with the square peg thingee.</p>
<p>Irene I think you made a good point. There are a lot of people who enjoy all this work. I’ll admit that school does become stressful (I’m at a CC right now, but trust me, doing 21 units has kept me pleanty busy) at times, however I don’t think that’s a bad thing. While at times rest would be good, and there are pleanty of nights I’ve lost sleep, I actually enjoy the work to some extent.</p>
<p>When I sit down and relax I find myself getting bored rather quickly. I’ve always been the kind of person who must have one thing constantly taking up my time. When I was younger I started collecting sports trading cards, by the time I stopped I had over 25,000. After that I started making a website (if you’re wondering, it was a rollercoaster website, somewhat random, but it was fun!) and by the time that I was finshed with that (sadly) it had seen well over 5 million hits in it’s three year run. I replaced the site with EC’s at school, and got involved in everything I could. I would often spend my entire day (class time included, which is half the reason I think I ended up at a CC) working on things for ASB and the school paper…</p>
<p>Now I’m doing the same thing with school work, it keeps me busy and it makes me happy for the most part. So I’m not really seeing much of a problem with it.</p>