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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]She can do what she wants. And I can think and say what I want. She and the others are purely doing this as a sport. The one kid applied to 18 schools. 18! That goes way beyond fine tuning. He's probably only visited a fraction of those.[/quote]

Nonsense, if you are white, legacy with the last name of Bush you can apply to only one school.  The rest of us intellectual mortals are rolling the dice.  The [b]lady was smart[/b] to spread out the risk.  She is not White, privileged, legacy with Daddy on the Board.  She is an outsider.  She is an immigrant.  For all we know she may be very concerned about how these schools and the establishment view immigrants and immigrant families in America given the current US political cycle and climate.  She would be foolish to apply to only one school even being number 1 in her class, number 1 on SAT, ACT, with all the awards and accolades.  You see when you are on the other side of the tracks you understand fully well there are no guarantees and some whimsical decisions are made based on how you look, talk, and where you come from.  She knows this.  Her parents know this.  Many others on the other side of the track know this.  Many in America know this as they are creeping out of the woodwork to support the likes of Trump and Cruz --professed Ivy League grads--who simply want to deport "immigrants".  Why would any immigrant family take any chances with applications to the same Ivy alma maters of a Cruz and a Trump?  You might be flat out rejected at Princeton, Harvard and Penn by the likes of a Trump or Cruz on the selection committee!  Why take a chance?  Why risk it if you really want to school in the Ivy League.  There is really nothing to lose by keeping all the options open.

We understand why you don't get it?  Immigrants increasingly do not trust the process here in America.  With Ivy Leaguers like you, Trump and Cruz why would any immigrant apply to only a few schools?  De facto, they do not have the same predictable guarantees and constitutional rights as you in the US.

With college and university decisions and the big money and potential big debt at stake this is an increasingly big decision in one's life.  This girl is savvy.  She understands what's at stake, the big bucks vs. big bust/debt.  From a purely financial perspective, in today's market, I advise the same strategy.  It may ultimately translate into big long-term savings.

As a parent, I would have provided her the same counsel.  Take no chances with the American system.  It's unpredictable.[/quote]

So she's just applying because she wants an Ivy, any Ivy will do. Got it.

I applied to the top schools in my intended field of study because I was there for an education, not a label. 
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