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Reply to "When you are forced to let go of the dream you had for your child"
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[quote=Anonymous]HYP can offer fantastic opportunities for people who succeed there. Just going to one of those schools isn't going to hand the world to you if you barely skate by and don't seek out those opportunities. If OP's son were to go to one of these schools and hate the environment (which some people do, it's true of every school), he could disengage from the experience and end up with worse grades than he might have gotten elsewhere, not gotten to know any professors to ask for recommendations, not involved himself in any extracurriculars that could help forge a network, and basically be an utterly mediocre, forgettable member of the school community. Even with the HYP name, that's just not going to serve him as well in the long-run as going to the top state school where he's happy and engaged, gets good grades, develops good relationships with his professors and classmates, and engages in activities that can lead to good networking and opportunities later.[/quote]
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