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[quote=Anonymous]OP - I'm guessing you do not have kids who are trying to get into college right now. If you did then you would know that times have changed! With the ease of the Common App and other applications with online access the number of applications schools receive is incredibly high. Therefore, the competition to get into ALL schools has risen. Trust me - I just went through the process with my oldest and am dreading it with my younger ones. My kid had a great resume all around, but wasn't accepted at many schools that would have been dream schools. Wait listed at some and rejected at others. Luckily, got accepted to some and was able to make a choice. Has chosen a school in the NE which I'm sure you would look down upon, though. It's not an Ivy….

Also, I totally disagree with the PP who indicated that parents are not pushing their kids to do well in school and not pushing them to push for better higher education. I don't know where your exposure to kids is, but it doesn't match where I see kids. Not only at my own kids' school, but also with nieces, nephews and friend's kids around the country. The expectations for kids in high school is a lot higher now than when I was in school and the expectations that they try for top schools is just as high.

So, OP, I would try to educate yourself about the pressures that kids are experiencing these days. It's not so easy to get into schools now as it was when you were applying. Also, schools change over the years. The schools you and I would have dismissed many years ago are now considered great schools.
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