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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

never change, DCUM

you can look at the front page of they NYT every third day and read a story about mental health crisis among teens now. there is a world beyond your kid and his close friends. should you care.[/quote]

The teen mental health crisis is beyond a small percentage of kids trying to get into selective schools. Your view is myopic. What about social media, gun violence, the pandemic, divisive politics?[/quote]

Working for common sense gun laws is my job. That doesn't preclude me from seeing other issues. I don't even think we're talking about very selective schools necessarily. My FT residence is in CA and even the UC application system is very hard to navigate, and I think it's better than most.[/quote]

Yes, you can care about more than one issue. I agree that the California public system is closer to the tipping point (and I’m not referring only to the UCs). But parents need to understand that we are contributing to the problem by focusing on a small percentage of schools. We are creating the demand and the media doesn’t help. [/quote]

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