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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It sounds like she is going to Univ. of Michigan.  I'm an alum and it is full of east coast Ivy League rejects.  But they love it there because they are in good company.

Go Blue!!!  Final 4!!![/quote]

My DS's BFF is at Michigan after being rejected by Ivies.  DS, who is at an Ivy. felt terrible for him -- [b]what an injustice![/b]  Until he visited the BFF at Michigan.  Now he says, "why didn't I apply here?"[/quote]

Is this satire again?  Please say yes.[/quote]

No, it's not satire, though, of course, it's not literally true either.  My son felt empathy toward a friend who got hosed from his 1st and 2nd choice schools, even though his friend is wicked smart.  This is not just my opinion or my son's; several teachers at their school were also shocked that this kid didn't get in.  (And yes, he had plenty of ECs too -- though not too many.)

Here's the thing: as adults we know that the world can be unfair -- even cosmically so at times.  We also know that what matters much more than where you went to college is what you do with the opportunities presented to you there.   But, teens are just learning this and they feel  things deeply -- perhaps too deeply.  On the upside, they're resilient, so within a few weeks of arriving in Ann Arbor, the friend was quite happy to be a Wolverine.  Now, at the ripe old age of 21, both my son and his friend have figured out that there are bright, interesting people on every campus in this country, just as there are some total bores at even the most prestigious schools.         [/quote]

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