I'm worried my child is unnecessarily focused on college admissions and not spending enough time just being a kid.
My child is a high school class of '18 with straight As with a very challenging course load at a very academically competitive private school. She is a leader in her extracurricular activities and very well liked by her teachers. She wants to go to one of the two Ivies she happens to be legacy. Her PSAT 10s were in the 98/99 percentiles. She insisted on taking SAT prep over the summer for the October test. And, she wants to start planning college visits now.
I've let her decide on what she wants to do, but she is definitely devoting much more attention to the process than I did. I understand that college admissions have changed a lot in 30 years, but as far as I can tell, her scores and grades are high enough to put her solidly in the pool of admitted applicants at the very most selective schools. I don't want her to burn out too early or miss out on experiencing all the things that don't get measured by the admissions process.
Assuming she takes the SAT in October and scores around 1450-1500. Can I tell her to not bother taking it again so she can focus on high school?
What else can I do to encourage lowering the stakes and the pressure she puts on herself to think about college?
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