Where do smart kids go now?

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Anonymous wrote:There are smart kids at almost every school. You just have to take the higher level classes, major in the hard sciences, join the honors program, etc.

My husband and I are both honors program grads from second tier state schools. Our classmates' lives are now indistinguishable from our friends and colleagues who went to Ivy league undergrads.

We are hoping for a honors college type situation for our kid. Not sure that she has the stats to get in at Pitt for the honors college. Could you please share what the second tier state schools are that you're referring to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Flagship public honors program stem classes

+1 especially if merit aid is given.

[Anonymous]

Go abroad to University of St Andrews, Edinburg, etc., more rigorous education for the same or less money than comparable US universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

Math is something that not as many young students are passionate about these days. Most STEM kids are being funneled directly or are self selecting into CS. That combined with grades and test scores could yield you some positive results.

[Anonymous]

The real smart kids go to trade school.for.jobs that require a human.

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Anonymous wrote:My kid has 144 IQ and had 1530 SAT.
Didn't get into T20 T25 schools applied.

Chose Northeastern.
DC says there are a lot of smart kids around.

Yup. I can relate. Interesting what these T20 schools want these days, in addition to scores like that. Anyone say “hook”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real smart kids go to trade school.for.jobs that require a human.

College grads’ lifetime earnings leave those of trade school grads in the dust.

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My current senior is a “boring smart kid.” Applied and was accepted to Pitt (honors and merit aid), UMD (in state), William & Mary (oos), Emory, Rochester (merit), Northeastern, Case Western (merit). Was rejected at several others!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My current senior is a “boring smart kid.” Applied and was accepted to Pitt (honors and merit aid), UMD (in state), William & Mary (oos), Emory, Rochester (merit), Northeastern, Case Western (merit). Was rejected at several others!

Way to go!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

They go to UVA.

[Anonymous]

SLACs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are smart kids at almost every school. You just have to take the higher level classes, major in the hard sciences, join the honors program, etc.

My husband and I are both honors program grads from second tier state schools. Our classmates' lives are now indistinguishable from our friends and colleagues who went to Ivy league undergrads.

We are hoping for a honors college type situation for our kid. Not sure that she has the stats to get in at Pitt for the honors college. Could you please share what the second tier state schools are that you're referring to?

What are second tier state schools? AS USNEWS defines them? 20-40?

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

Guess what, I work with a lot of smart people who went to a wide range of schools. Many are smarter than me. Any good college your kid chooses will be full of smart people.

Why is “Ivy MBA” in ALL CAPS?

Anyone who ever attended an IVY knows to capitalize it. It's the strivers that don't know that.

Nobody who went to a good Ivy refers to their school by the athletic conference. It is only used at the lesser schools and is a sign of insecurity.

LOL - yeah, right.... that is so not true

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Anonymous wrote:There are smart kids at almost every school. You just have to take the higher level classes, major in the hard sciences, join the honors program, etc.

My husband and I are both honors program grads from second tier state schools. Our classmates' lives are now indistinguishable from our friends and colleagues who went to Ivy league undergrads.

We are hoping for a honors college type situation for our kid. Not sure that she has the stats to get in at Pitt for the honors college. Could you please share what the second tier state schools are that you're referring to?

What are second tier state schools? AS USNEWS defines them? 20-40?

I would not call T20 to 40 second tier schools. Have you seen the acceptance rates at some of those schools?

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

Guess what, I work with a lot of smart people who went to a wide range of schools. Many are smarter than me. Any good college your kid chooses will be full of smart people.

Why is “Ivy MBA” in ALL CAPS?

Anyone who ever attended an IVY knows to capitalize it. It's the strivers that don't know that.

Nobody who went to a good Ivy refers to their school by the athletic conference. It is only used at the lesser schools and is a sign of insecurity.

LOL - yeah, right.... that is so not true

It is absolutely true.