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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: At the base level, it is really about wanting a better life for one's kids.

Is that a bad thing ? Maybe, if taken to the extreme of Top 15 University or bust, but overall it is an admirable goal.[/quote]

But fact is, except for those few, LIFG kids at the T25s, most kids at T15-25 would achieve the same thing if they attended their local state U ranked 80th.  They already have the family connections, work ethic, family support/financial support to be innovators and change the world if they want.  Going to a T15 does not lift them up that much.  So the issue is that you start instilling in your kid at a young age, that going to a T15 means "a better life", when that's not really true. Causes stress and might stifle the kid's true intentions[/quote]

What does "LIFG" mean ?

Also, I think that you may have misunderstood my post that you quoted as we are in agreement.[/quote]

Low income, first generation.

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