<p>Lookingforward, you hit the nail on the head. She is trying to “keep up with the Joneses”. Her peer group is doubling up on sciences so she thinks she has to as well to get the weighted grades. But many of these kids plan to pursue STEM in college and beyond and I dont think she does. </p>
<p>Obviously we are in the early stages of college planning but she has said she wants a large southern university with a sports scene (which is funny since she’s not into sports). She would like to take ballet classes with performance opportunities but not major in dance. She wants to go OOS. As far as financial situation, if she wants to go OOS she will need some merit money. We will likely not be eligible for need based financial aid. This is one of the reasons I wanted her to go easy on Weighted science classes this year and instead focus on SAr/ACT test prep. She’s already got a 4.0 UW GPA. She needs the test score to go with it in order to get some merit based awards. At least that is my impression. I would love feedback from anyone on these issues. Thanks again.</p>