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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spouse has a Ph.D. from Harvard, I have a J.D. and joint M.B.A. from a T10.  We have a DC in 2nd grade at a private.  If DC doesn't get into a, say, T50, it will be because we the parents screwed up or because the DC screwed up.  It won't be because of black applicants or because of affirmative action or because it was always "impossible." [/quote]

It wasn't always impossible. It is now. I am glad you don't realize this - you should not be thinking about college admissions with a 2nd grader. By the time they are a teen, you'll find out what college admissions is actually like at the most elite schools, and at some point you'll make peace with it. Apparently, that day is not today.[/quote]

It's apparently not impossible for the tens of thousands who get into T50's every year.  It's only impossible for the mediocre DC's.[/quote]

The problem is the tens of thousands with the same scores, grades and activities that were rejected because there weren’t enough spots.   [/quote]

I don’t know anyone with a 4.5gpa and 1550 getting shut out of all T50 schools. Sure, he may not get into Harvard but he got into Georgia tech or Boston university or Purdue.[/quote]

This part of the conversation started with someone talking about how "1 in 20 kids get into Harvard and if you don't you're just mediocre." And then it started expanding to Ivies or HYP or "top schools." That is very different from saying, well I can at least get into BU. It's not controversial that if you work really hard, you can go to some top 50 School. But every time someone explains what the college admissions landscape is today, the standards get lower.[/quote]

Now people are saying in the future, it will be impossible for kids to get into T50 schools because of international students.[/quote]

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