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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take a deep breath. You sound super anxious. Your daughter could pick up on this. We just went through it. There are tons of people who have the right perspective. There are tons of great schools and it really is all about the fit. Forget the rankings. You've got a few years. Does your daughter have a good college counselor at her school? [/quote]

OP here.  Took a deep breath.  It just seems like all the oxygen in the room is taken by people who say "top 50 school or else".  And at her school, there is a lot of peer pressure to get into a handful of colleges.  She does have a good counselor who has suggested looking at local schools, where she could either go for one year and then transfer or if she likes it, maybe get an apartment with some friends.

Another poster said the school industry is like the wedding industry.  In fact I was browsing through a book where it said that the reason colleges are spending so much on football and basketball is because it helps boost rankings (Northwestern's applications went up 30% when they went to the Rose Bowl)!  This is nuts.  Just glad to hear that there are some normal people who don't feed on this stuff.  And what I always wonder is, at all the large corporations where I have worked, you had people at the top who came from top schools while others were from no-name places.  So how accurate is it to say that only 50 schools can get you where you want?[/quote]

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