Emily is only 19 on Thursday - perhaps 5-6 years off her peak. Top 500 is a good ambition for this year.
As for 25Ks you would need 80-100 points to be competitive - and have some very good non-counters
But clearly being expressed by some is a concern that short term rankings target / ambition is too much of an issue here as against game development.
Particularly when still pretty young and so far off her potential peak there surely should be much more time given over to development as opposed to points and literally seeming to be chasing points.