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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t see why this is so mystifying to all of you.  Since the 1980s (thanks, Reagan), the middle class has been hollowed out. The gap between the haves and the have nots has expanded greatly. The differences between the two groups are extreme; it’s not just a slight difference, it’s a huge gulf. Parents who are paying attention see this. They want their kids to have healthcare, to live in safe neighborhoods, to be able to own a home, and to have whatever economic security is possible in a culture where employees are entirely disposable and companies care only about creating shareholder value. They don’t want their kids to become the have nots, so this anxiety drives them to work to ensure that their kids have every advantage, whether real or perceived.

Sure, you can be very successful wherever you go to school, and going to a top school guarantees nothing. But setting aside individual stories, on the whole, going to a top school confers an advantage.  
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Because all of the things you mentioned are not just possible, but highly likely at pretty much any school in the top 100 and even some further down the list. This kind of comment is the exact type of thing OP is talking about. You don’t need to go to a T20 or Ivy+ or whatever to “have healthcare, to live in safe neighborhoods, to be able to own a home, and to have whatever economic security is possible in a culture where employees are entirely disposable and companies care only about creating shareholder value.”[/quote]

You are missing the point entirely. What I’m saying is that parents are jockeying for every advantage to ensure that their kids will lane in the haves and not the have nots. A top school statistically confers an advantage, even if slight.

And yes, we should be rioting, but instead we elect Trump, who will just continue to ensure that the rich get richer and everyone else is screwed. [/quote]

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