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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP did not prepare his child for college admission and instead had a sole focus on doing well on testing, school and primarily local activities. It seems OP was completely ignorant of the American educational system and did very little or no research. Now OP’s expectations and dreams have been built up over years based on accolades in a very small fish bowl. OP goes to college counseling and explodes. He finds out that other applicants may have advantages his child does not and decides to blame everyone but himself or his child. All of the standards for elite schools have been the same for more than a generation and every year there are a ton of articles about the system. If this was the primary goal of educating your son (not just getting a quality education or creating an honorable adult) OP should have done some homework like all of the white, URM, legacy and athletie parents who put a lot of skin in the game to help their kid get in... doing the travel
Sport curcuit is a family investment, moving or paying for a high school elite enough to be on the admit list is a family investment URMs make (many schools in minority communities don’t have the excellence for the kids to get in...this is  a family issue)...people move to remote areas all the time or pay for
Distinguishing activities for their future applicant.

Finally OP really paid no attention to what the applicant pool looked like and admission standards. Instead he was certain that success at one of the many STEM schools populated with a lot of student like his son would cause his son to be in the 5 percent accepted to An Ivy coming from one of the hardest areas in the country to get into college. [/quote]

And if OP's child could throw a ball into a hoop or kick a ball into a net that makes the child "special"?
I agree that no student is entitled to an education at a particular college.  It is frustrating however that academic ability and academic achievements are nearly treated with disdain.  
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It’s a contribution to the school the OPs kid  cannot more. There is nothing distinguishing about OPs kid so it’s a reach. [/quote]

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