ROCKMAN wrote:vt - "As to the sports scholarships". No, those were never part of the plan. She's born of Chinese parents so physically there was little chance of that working. That was obvious to her when she played against 14 yo girls who were 6'+, 160# and could hit a softball 300'+. And she understand most of them weren't going to make the cut. She just enjoyed playing and that was motivation enough to make good grades.
No, those scholarships will have to be academic.
Then you will come up against the present perception that all Asian students are work obsessed and always get A+s and they will discount her if she just turns in a A- or a B+.
There is a Korean Comedian that has a good bit on Tiger moms.
"Most parents say when a student comes home with a B+ "good job son". When a tiger Asian mom sees a A- she throws a fit and says" WHAT Happened???"
Your Asian daughter will have to compete with real Tiger Mom trained Asians and the perceptions the professors have about what they can and will do.
It always struck me as illogical when a professor graded a class on a curve.
He or She assumed they were never going to get a class that was all proficient or another class that were all lazy idiots. To pass the top half or two thirds of each class penalized the average students in a class that was above average and gave a huge freebee to the middle third of the class of idiots.
And no I don't want to consider where I was in the Idiot vs. proficient scale!!