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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We live in a wealthy part of Los Angeles where there's a lot of self made success. The knock-on effect is that there's lots of students at my kid's HS who have no ambition and as a result they have bad grades / fail classes and so on. They are going to graduate into wealth but without any ambition. It's weird and I think its a particular cultural quirk of the neighborhood we live in.[/quote]

Agree. I see that all over as well. Southern California is so different than the east coast culture. People will say “but what about Harvard Westlake!”  - well that’s irrelevant. Most Californians are not like the families who send their kids to HW. Most Californians are not brand conscious when it comes to college, and the only brands that matter are USC v UCLA [/quote]

My impression is the Bay Area is very different than Souther California in this respect. But I think parents in the Bay Area care a lot about major, whereas in DC it seems like STEM + Business is not as prioritized. Getting into Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, etc. in a a competitive major is the goal. [/quote]

Definitely [/quote]

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