My daughters friend with a 4.0, top choir student, and many AP classes was

Jul 9, 2020
5:16:39pm

Lance71 All-American

rejected by Stanford. Getting into the highest academic schools is a crap shoot for even the best when coming from public education.

Now if he's in a private school right now. That's a different conversation.

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If I was a high school graduate, I would take a gap year and go get a job.

Iman23

7/9/20 4:38pm

you have done fairly well in life for not graduating high school. good job.

BlueFrog

7/9/20 4:40pm

Rough time to be scheduled for college or a mission

Gustav

7/9/20 4:40pm

Trying to manage scholarships the next 3 years is going to be a nightmare for

cougaman

7/9/20 4:43pm

my son plans on taking GED & serving mission if bball season is cancelled

blueaussie

7/9/20 4:40pm

That is what one of my kids is doing. Pretty easy to find work for $13-$15 bucks an hour as a high school grad.

shokupanmanbo

7/9/20 4:46pm

Some schools are really catering to freshman this year. Many of the schools that

Lance71

7/9/20 4:53pm

Some would risk losing scholarships.

Jeffacka

7/9/20 4:59pm

How about doing that every summer before you graduate

jxncoog

7/9/20 5:05pm

While I agree with working summers, if he gets into Stanford and parents make

califcougar

7/9/20 5:09pm

My daughters friend with a 4.0, top choir student, and many AP classes was

Lance71

7/9/20 5:16pm

Those summer and after-school jobs are so important to teach kids the value of a dollar and the principle that if you

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