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[quote=Anonymous]Prestige still matters, in fact quite a bit, but it is simply not achievable either due to cost or admissions to many. UMC parents who went to prestigious schools are grappling with the downward social mobility their children are facing. Lower ranking schools, more competitive job markets, housing market unaffordable etc. For a parenting generation that threw everything into their kids it’s a deep blow. They are clinging to this idea that the prestige isn’t worth it. It’s sort of like gazing into a bakery with no money and telling yourself oh it’s probably too sweet or more healthy not to eat it. Can people succeed from a state school? Of course, as they always have, it’s just harder and requires hustle. Sadly, many UMC lack hustle because their helicopter parents never let them develop it. Instead they were groomed to follow in their parents foot steps to the prestigious legacy or at least an equivalent. Losing stings.[/quote]
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