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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don’t get why the OP is being mocked. Everyone wants the best for their kids, but what “best” looks like isn’t the same for everyone. It’s really not that hard to respect their choice. Would you seriously mock someone for choosing organic food over junk food for their kids?[/quote]

It's not about varying definitions of the "best" for our kids.

When you frame getting your child into an Ivy League school as being an "enterprise," or a business model, it makes sense why it doesn't work out. Who says that wanting the best for your kid = getting them into the highest ranked school? Nobody thinks that way. Parents who truly want the best for their kids do everything they can to give their kids the tools to succeed and to live happy lives. [/quote]

In their case—and for many people—the Ivy League vs. states is ROI[/quote]

PP here. Again, my point is that wanting the best for your child shouldn't mean getting them into an Ivy League school. You bring up ROI, which is completely unrelated from wanting the best for your child. Wanting the best = pushing your child to do the best they can in the college admissions process and being unequivocally supportive wherever they end up. ROI has to do with family finances. Plus, what you do at a school matters more than the name. Mark Cuban went to IU, for example.

You seem to have missed my point completely.[/quote]

Sure. ROI is a way to mitigate debt issues, which might make it [i]the best[/i] approach for certain families.[/quote]

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