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[quote=Anonymous]Kind of fit your profile in that (1) I went to an HYPSM school; (2) parents didn't appreciate how the college admissions landscape had changed since then; and (3) schools like Pitt (not even Wake Forest) and various state flagships were what interested our kids and where they ended up attending.

Don't fit your profile in that parents weren't that pushy, although they'd occasionally ask about kids' plans or make suggestions based on unrealistic assumptions about what schools would admit boys in particular.

We would share the schools that interested our kids and the schools to which they were applying.  Made a point of talking about how much we enjoyed visiting various schools that the grandparents may have thought were below them/us/grandkids.  Rebuffed questions about GPAs, SAT/ACT scores, current semester grades, and affirmatively interjected if they tried to quiz our kids directly.  They weren't paying for their grandkids' college educations and it was really none of their business.

Kids have now graduated from these schools and have good jobs/relationships.  Our kids weren't what is now considered "HYPSM material" but they are probably healthier young adults not having had the intensely curated childhoods that now seems common among the types of kids headed to HYPSM-like schools.  Still have a lot of fondness for my alma mater, but there are many great schools out there (and there are definitely a lot of college towns that are more fun than New Haven, Princeton, or Palo Alto).  [/quote]

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