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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand where OP is coming from. I am totally disillusioned with all of this maneuvering to get to the head of the line for the best colleges.

People are gaming the system with Prep that helps kids score higher on the SAT.  They are studying to take a test better and better. So what does the SAT even mean? How well you can cram for a test, it's not a true measure anymore.

Schools hand out A's like water under the pressure of helicopter parents.  A 4.0 means your kid is average now. So now kids have to take AP to get into colleges.

Wealthy people pay for tutors for the kids to spoon feed the course work to them.  Do the improved grades mean they are smarter, more dedicated or just pampered students?

Lord help the kids that fall behind early on because they go to [b]a lesser school.  [/b]The road is too long and steep to catch up in this educational rat race.

I am sick of it. This uneven playing field isn't serving any of these kids (rich or poor) well.  College is going to weed out a lot of these kids, but it probably won't be their fault at all.

Now we have DeVoss. That's the last nail in the coffin.

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So?  There are plenty of good schools that are a good fit for your kid that aren't "prestigious."  What is it you hope to get out of a "prestigious" college?  You want your kid to be an i banker?  You think those people are any happier than ppl who are teachers or lawyers or accountants?  A kid who goes to a "lesser school" can still lead a fulfilling life.  Maybe even a more fulfilling life.  I feel like the college application process today is like the marriage fairy tale we were fed 40 years ago.  Harvard doesn't equal happily ever after.[/quote]

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