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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My question is who cares. Do you think “solving” this will get your kid into a better school? How about this? Donate a ton of money to these schools so they can increase capacity. This is a supply and demand issue.  [/quote]

this is not what donations fund.

I'm also interesting in solving this bcs we have a mental health crisis in this crisis and this isn't helping. My kids have now all been accepted into college.  Sometimes, people do things and care about things that don't directly impact them. Some of us don't have a "who cares" approach to the world.[/quote]

Are you claiming that selective college admissions is causing a mental health crisis?[/quote]

DP but I will make that claim.  We ask too much of teenagers and there’s too much pressure. Then, because everyone is burning the candle at both ends, it takes a 4.5 and a two page resume to get into your state flagship so despite busting your tail and getting a 4.0, you end up at a school you could have gotten into with a 3.5 and one sport a year.  We’re killing our kids, yes. And college admission expectations play a big role.  [/quote]

Fair enough. I told my kid not to bother playing the game for those exact reasons. Kid not stressed and neither are his close friends.[/quote]

This. You only think there's a giant problem if you are focused on the tiny number of schools that are highly rejective. Most people aren't obsessed with those colleges and their kids aren't being pressured to compete in those giant applicant pools.

Get some perspective, people. If you are concerned about the pressure in applying to the top schools, then don't opt into those processes. Make sure your kid knows that they can be successful at many, many colleges. It's the ivy-or-bust mentality they find at home that is causing the issue, not the existence of those colleges.[/quote]

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