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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember reading in 2016?? maybe when they had the highest amount of suicides per 100 kids in a college. Then the track star jumped off the parking garage, the one girl purchased cyanide and it made a lot of news for a few months.  The students set up a huge group and demanded the schools take mental health more seriously. I wonder what became of that.

I don't have a child in an ivy or want one there, but I have heard through gossip, CC, here, etc... that Penn and Cornell are the hardest once you get in there. That competition and grading is cut-throat.  Harvard, Yale, Brown, etc... are more laxed on grading and competition and more about learning.  I mean aren't these kids some of the smartest in the world?  Didn't they work their asses off to just get to the school.  I can't imagine the roller coaster of emotions.  I can't imagine what this man had on his plate every single day.  Very sad. [/quote]

This is exactly what my DS did not like about the ivies and why he did not apply.  He had very high stats and strong service oriented ECs, but he did not want the "cut throat" environment which he felt would be a poor fit for his personality.  We tried to get him to apply, but he would have nothing of it.  Amazing insight for a teen.  He ended up in another top 20 with the culture he felt was more his speed.[/quote]

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