| Why |
| It’s because that’s why. |
| In both cases, we are the masses scrambling for crumbs. |
The internet. People behave barbarously. It’s a lovely illustration of the Hobbesian state of nature. |
| Because some other kid might go somewhere mistakenly perceived of as better than DC’s school, and PPs are here to correct that obvious mistake. |
| It's because the people who are wealthy and have dumb kids complain about how they need one more accommodation to get their kids into a good school because legacy, donations, fake EC, and playing useless non-scholarship sports still isn't working for them. |
| Because people are so weird about college. I don't get it. There are plenty of good options out there, and what you put into it matters more than rankings that are often based on imprecise methodologies and questionable data. |
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Because Politics has invaded colleges.
Because laws are changing rapidly in red states that affects any student going to college in a red state. Project 2025 impacts college admissions for minorities and women. And if you think this is a good thing think again. Project 2025 & BBB ACT & layoffs & RFK Jr's crap will all affect colleges. |
It's because the mass immigration of grinder engineers who are obsessively Ivy conscious for their social circles have upset the normal patterns of college admissions. |
ha ha ha and money, it is all about money, fame or power ~~whatever they don't have |
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Because everyone is eying on ivies, the privileged, FGLI, URM, the tech immigrants.
College admissions are highly political, Constitution, Supreme Court rulings, Executive Orders. |
+1 |
| Because "HC has the best classics program in the nation," even if it's actually ranked by various sources between 7th and 18th best IN MASSACHUSETTS. |
What the hell are you babbling on about? Those are the reasons why the "College and University Discussion" board on DCUM is so toxic? Maybe it's because all of the liberal moms who frequent this board are obnoxious hypocrites, anxious strivers who are desperate for their kids to be 1 percenters. |
Not everybody can fit in the pipeline. |