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[quote=Anonymous]I sort of agree with you and sort of don’t. What year did you graduate? Depending on how old you are, things may have changed drastically since you were applying to colleges. I was Class of ‘92 and attended a high school similar to yours. Rust belt, no one was affluent, a very small percentage of the adult population had a 4 year degree, our school offered exactly one AP course (Calculus), guidance counselors had no clue how to get people into good colleges.

I don’t know a single kid who did any sort of SAT prep. I don’t know how far we would have had to drive to get to prep classes since online classes weren’t a thing yet. I was a National Merit Scholar because back then, you could actually do it without any prep. The NMS from our town a year or two before me went to Harvard. I’ve long wondered if back then, coming from a school like ours made you a sort of diversity pick.

Everything is different now, though. My podunk high school offers a range of AP classes, plus a program offered through a satellite campus of our flagship state school that allows high school students to take college classes. Even in small, economically challenged towns, people are prepping for the SAT and even PSAT. Some colleges are test optional. Everything is just way more competitive now.[/quote]

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