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Friends of ours have a son going to UCLA on a partial scholarship. Regents program or something like that. He graduated with a 4.6 GPA, valedictorian in HS, maxed out in sciences by his sophomore year, calculus by freshman, music, perfect score ACT, almost perfect in SAT. His entire life was dedicated to getting to this point. He has zero male friends and has never gone to a HS party. Going for Law/Politics. His sister is on course to exceed his record and has hopes to go to an ivy school, same as he did but was denied. IMO - no diversity in life.

Yet, we feel sorry for them. I cannot begin to detail the sacrifices the entire family has endured. Life happens once, youth, middle age, adult, senior, they all need to be embraced for the short time they are active.