<p>go to the “social fit” reach school-- her gpa is right in the middle, and she has the sense she belongs. I’d be very surprised if she doesn’t work right up to the necessary level. Unless she is very fragile somehow, she’ll be fine. Myself, I could always ace those standardized tests-- so I know just how little that means! Unless she wants a degree in taking standardized tests, of course. The college accepted her, so they think she can do it.</p>
<p>ooops…obviously this was a little late! Good luck to her, it sounds wonderful.</p>
<p>Good luck to your D - sounds like she made a good decision! I’m sure she will have a wonderful college experience. :)</p>
<p>I might be able to contribute from my experience, and maybe hearing this might make her a little more comfortable.</p>
<p>I was easily in the bottom 30% for Princeton. </p>
<p>Struggled the first semester due to time-management issues, but didn’t find that the classes were over my head academically. It was more about being able to keep up with the work and commit my time to doing it right.</p>
<p>Second semester I didn’t do well, but that was because I had a family emergency that really upset me and put me off my game.</p>
<p>However, after my experiences freshman year, I am now doing well. I’ve learned to manage my time and have been substantially rewarded academically.</p>
<p>The university wouldn’t have accepted her if they didn’t think she could succeed there. I think she’s probably feeling a little insecure about whether or not she’ll be able to “cut it.” I had similar feelings, but she should try to realize that if the university was confident enough that she could succeed to accept her, she should be confident too.</p>
<p>And in the case of LACs, I’m guessing that if she does run into trouble they’ll have resources where she can reach out for help (tutoring, administrative help, etc). They tend to be more hands-on, I hear. </p>
<p>I’m glad she’s decided to go for the social climate that better suits her. Let her know that she might struggle a little freshman year (and that it’s completely normal), but she’ll learn from her experience and be able to handle her work better afterwards. </p>
<p>Really, it’s all about time management, so once you have that down, your academic world gets infinitely easier to take care of.</p>