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[quote=Anonymous]I went to an average state university. There were definitely smart, high-achieving kids there, and a well-regarded honors college, but overall it was just average. It drew a lot of students from podunk nowhere local public high schools throughout the state. Very, very few of them were well-prepared for college. People in this area don’t realize that in much of the country, there are no AP or IB classes offered at high schools. Or maybe the school has 1 or 2 but not a full slate. My first college roommate graduated 1st in her class and had a 26 ACT.

Most of the kids I knew in this situation ended up dropping out after freshman year because they lost their merit aid due to poor grades and had to move back home, or they switched majors from STEM to something much easier and with fewer math/science requirements. So your kid could be a big fish in a small pond somewhere else, but without the benefit of a real college-prep HS curriculum, they might not make it through college. The retention rates at some of the public non-flagships are abysmal. [/quote]

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