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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is everyone fighting so hard to get their kids into a "top 30-ish" school?

Less than 5% of college students attend a top 50 college. About 2.4% of college students in the US attend a top 30 college. Roughly 1% attend a "top 20" college. What is the point in fighting to be such a tiny fraction of college students.

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For internships and jobs after. For grad school, medical and law school placement. For the contacts one makes at such places.[/quote]

+1 and legacy status after. In my case, I was fortunate to get into Harvard for undergrad and worked hard and got into its law school. I met future presidents, congressman, roommates are household names, that sort of thing. That got me clerkships, which got me offers from top firms, which got me to the top of my field in interesting private and public positions. And now my DD is there. Yesterday I exchanged gifts and calls from H and HLS friends going way back. That’s why it matters. The experience made me a better person and better lawyer - one that could provide for a family and open doors for the next generation.[/quote]

[b]Harvard is truly a hotbed for nepotism[/b]. This weakens society and impugns future Harvard graduates competence.[/quote]

You may think so. But in my case, I was the first generation to ever graduate from college; first woman from my poor public high school to get into a SLAC; first woman from my SLAC to attend HLS; etc.  Harvard Law gave me incredible opportunities I would never have had on my own.  It also propelled me from a low economic status to a higher one, thereby enabling me to enroll my children in top schools.  That is what the best in America higher education hopes to achieve.[/quote]

Are you the PP? I'm calling troll because in your initial post you said you attended Harvard for both undergrad and law school and now you are saying you attended a SLAC for undergrad and another response on this page focused on your law school experience and insulted a poster who had referenced a major, which was obviously a reference to the undergrad experience at Harvard, not HLS.

You probably didn't go to Harvard at all. But I hope you're having fun on the internet today![/quote]

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