"My observation is that the kids in my son's high school landed where they should."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The smart kids who didn't end up at elite top 20 colleges never genuinely wanted it, it was the parents pushing it or kid only wanted it for shallow reasons.

Smart self-driven ambitious kids find a way. Even if that means going to UVA for a year and transferring.

Super smart kids find public universities miserable.

LOL

DP. I think that’s largely true. Super smart kids are going to want to go to a college with other super smart kids and that’s not big state u.....not even the honors college.

LOL again. Are you really this naive?

Do you think half the Blair magnet goes to UMD-CP because they couldn't get into elite schools?

Not every kid is wired the same. Lots of kids have a fear of being too far from home. Lots of kids need their high school clique.

Are you really that dense?

Many families cannot pay for elite schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The smart kids who didn't end up at elite top 20 colleges never genuinely wanted it, it was the parents pushing it or kid only wanted it for shallow reasons.

Smart self-driven ambitious kids find a way. Even if that means going to UVA for a year and transferring.

Super smart kids find public universities miserable.

LOL

DP. I think that’s largely true. Super smart kids are going to want to go to a college with other super smart kids and that’s not big state u.....not even the honors college.

Uh ... OK. Maybe visit the rest of the world once and a while and see what its like to worry about affording the application fee (i.e., you don't bother because tuition is entirely out of reach)..

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The smart kids who didn't end up at elite top 20 colleges never genuinely wanted it, it was the parents pushing it or kid only wanted it for shallow reasons.

Smart self-driven ambitious kids find a way. Even if that means going to UVA for a year and transferring.

Super smart kids find public universities miserable.

I mean, what do you say to such BS?

I was that super smart kid that turned down an Ivy (Harvard) to go to my state flagship because I didn't want my parents to go into debt for my schooling. I loved my time there. Sure, some of the academics were easy. But certainly there were challenging classes.

Went on to a highly competitive grad school (ranked #1 in my field).

I am certainly not alone...

Smartest kid I ever met was from my state university.

If true, outlier, possibly insecure outlier who feared hyper-competitive Ivy. Either way, exception, not the norm.

I am surprised even after all these years you are still suffering from your inferiority complex and insecurities you experienced in your Ivy undergraduate days. You desperately need the intervention of a competent therapist. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The smart kids who didn't end up at elite top 20 colleges never genuinely wanted it, it was the parents pushing it or kid only wanted it for shallow reasons.

Smart self-driven ambitious kids find a way. Even if that means going to UVA for a year and transferring.

Super smart kids find public universities miserable.

I mean, what do you say to such BS?

I was that super smart kid that turned down an Ivy (Harvard) to go to my state flagship because I didn't want my parents to go into debt for my schooling. I loved my time there. Sure, some of the academics were easy. But certainly there were challenging classes.

Went on to a highly competitive grad school (ranked #1 in my field).

I am certainly not alone...

Smartest kid I ever met was from my state university.

If true, outlier, possibly insecure outlier who feared hyper-competitive Ivy. Either way, exception, not the norm.

Wow. I get that you might not believe random anon people on the internet and I can completely respect that position. But where are you getting your data from that I (pretend I?) must be an outlier? I stand by my statement that the very smartest kid I ever knew was a state school triple major in math, physics, and music. He was (and is) totally special when it comes to information synthesis and making creative leaps - not something that can be taught. Not saying he couldn't have gone to a "top Ivy" or whatever, but he was at a state school and looks back on his time there fondly (as do I).