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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every year around this time until summer, many families go through the college admissions torture (congrats to those who have survived it).

I can’t help but wonder why colleges haven’t figured out a better system that works for most people. In my opinion, it’s only getting worse. Kids seem to start preparing or being prepared for college admissions since they were fetus[/quote]

This is not the fault of colleges. [/quote]

Not the fault but things can be done in a more positive way. Right now it looks like hunger games and deliberately done this way[/quote]

More positive how?

Things are the way they are now because there are more kids and more class anxiety and from that came the rise of the college admissions industrial complex. People who are swimming in it can't see it: private counselors and services, podcasts, social media brags, etc. Parents, high school counselors, and students created this. None of this is coming from the colleges.

You could bring up the cost issue, sure. But as the wealth gap widens they rely on full pay kids to pay for the non-full pays. The only thing that will bring down costs is when loans are harder to get. They could add more seats - and some of them have. But ultimately there are seats for everyone who wants to attend. The issue is certain people only want to attend certain ones. That creates the hunger games. [/quote]

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