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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From my kid's experience, this has had mixed effects on campus. He attended a top 10 boarding school and now attends any Ivy-adjacent college. He's breezing through due to the rigorous preparation he received, but [b]he notices many of the lower-income students that were admitted on their "story" are struggling and tend to have to switch out of the STEM subjects.[/b]

His freshman chemistry class in college is basically the same as his high school class. The calc class is actually easier. Some of his FGLI peers are really struggling in these courses.

[b]The top public and private schools should be the feeders to the top schools, it makes sense

their are public colleges, where students can learn at a slower pace[/quote][/b]

Are you saying that smart kids who are less prepared should be denied in favor of kids with better opportunities due to circumstances? They are admitted on their potential, not their “story”.

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i would make an exception for gifted programs at average or bad schools, but there should be an effort to get gifted students in top schools, even if the state has to provide travel resources, but we should not be letting kids in top colleges because they have a sob story or because they are low income[/quote]
Except no one is accepting sob stories into top schools. You still need strong stats.

This screams “I hate poor people.”[/quote]

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