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Reply to "WSJ article on your child's chances of getting into an IVY are slim"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see these kinds of kids getting bounced, and then OTOH I see a lot of top 20 colleges (including my own alma mater) offering pre-calculus classes for incoming students to complete the calculus sequence in 3 or 4 semesters. I’ve come down to just convincing my own kids to not even shoot for a top 20 university. [b]Just get the best grades you can, prep for the SAT/ACT a reasonable amount, and do ECs they actually enjoy without worrying about cultivating a compelling personal narrative. The chips will fall where they will. Life is too short, and where you go to college is not that important to the outcome of ones life.[/b][/quote] +1 After doing alumni interviews for my Ivy alma mater for nearly 2 decades, this is how I'm going to approach college admissions for my own kids. [/quote]
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