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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whenever you meet new people or talk about your kids being college age, inevitably the person needs to know where they go to school. 
Do we all feed into this and then get judged (or appreciated) depending on where they go?

I find myself doing it, and it’s asked of me all the time.

No wonder rankings have become so “important”

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People are just making conversation.  If this bothers you — or you feel self-conscious by this — maybe you should delve into those feelings a bit.  My kid is not at a T50 school, but he is at the perfect school for him and I am happy to tell the world about it.  The more confident we are in these discussions, perhaps more people will see that the elite schools are not all that.  Most people I have talked to this year are actually very happy with their kids’ non-top tier schools.  Some poeple I’ve talked to also say they are less-than-pleased with their top-tier school and will consider “lesser” schools for their younger kids.[/quote]

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