<p>She manages time very well, but at the moment she is a little exhausted and less motivated than usual. She is in the top 3 or 4 students out of 700 at a top high school. A conscientious student with moderate ability will not get many A’s at this school in AP or Honors classes. In many of them, an A is significantly harder to get than a 5 on the AP exam. I am just trying to relieve some of her self-imposed pressure.</p>
<p>College applications are in, first semester is done, and it seems to me that if she gets a couple of B’s, it would not be too harmful. When I say B’s I really just mean that if she has a 90%, she should no stress out about it. If she ended up at 88 or 89% it just does not matter. She is very competitive and it can be hard to convince her of that.</p>