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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Raygun was “good enough” to qualify for the Olympics… but I’m still not sure that was a good idea. Just saying.[/quote]

I would say, for her, it probably was a good idea, overall.

So, yeah, if Harvard calls your 90th percentile kid, let them go there. "Doing well" is very subjective anyways. Many supersmart kids get crushed when they are #2. Meanwhile someone less brilliant could be happy with their lower GPA and better in using connections provided by the brand name school.[/quote]

Well it provided a lot of humor for the world, I suppose.

There was a study showing that the lowest scoring stem majors at elite schools often abandoned their fields in college, even if they were more capable than the average stem major at a lower tier school. Such kids also get more positive attention and support from professors at lower tier schools than they would at elite schools, where the superstars get all the attention. So I don’t necessarily think it’s wise to just aim for the highest ranked school.[/quote]

Yes particularly for stem/econ weedout heavy majors: the ones at the bottom get very discouraged and quit yet they could have reached their goal at a lesser ranked school. [/quote]

Premed is another example. They are competing with their same-school peers for grades, letters of rec, lab experience, etc.[/quote]

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