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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't agree that there are a million other kids with 800 Math SAT and 800 Physics Subject test. [b]College is about academics.[/b]  Or it should be.  And he should have gotten into one of these schools.  There are not that many more qualified applicants.  The college have chosen to make bullshit excuses for some other agenda to select less qualified kids.  I don't even know what that agenda is.  But come on people, college IS about the ability to score 800 on a Physics test!!!Yes, there are some discrepancies they have to sort out being different grades and should put a little weight on recommendations or ECs but only when comparing kids in the same bucket.  I have no dog in this fight.  My kids at 1250 and 1450 -- not Ivy.  But people actually think this is fair -- I don't get it.  Maybe he worked to get so smart or maybe he was born that way ---- doesn't even matter to me.  This isn't a job interview.  It is selection into an academic program - why should it be based on this.  I am disgusted but wish him well.  [/quote]

Tell that to all the college athletes out there with lower test scores/gpa's who got into the select colleges over the candidates with perfect numbers.[/quote]
And then gnash your teeth about how these recruited athletes do well once they arrive. I agree that it’s really annoying when your ideas about who will succeed or not are upended. [/quote]

Or when you ruin a childhood relentlessly pursuing something that isn't what you thought it was and then don't get it anyway. It is painful to realize you were wrong all along.[/quote]

If it makes you feel better thinking that someone's childhood was ruined because they are high performers then it tells me more about the lack of ability of your children then anything else.  All I keep hearing from non-Asian parents is trouble with vaping, sexting, not logging into zoom, suicide ideation...and I wonder what the hell went wrong with them?

Perhaps not having any accomplishment actually  makes them think that they are worthless? Is that the real problem? Maybe they would actually be mentally healthier if they accomplished something.  This kids stats stand even if he did not get into Ivy schools. He is a kid who has 4.0 and 1590. No one can take that away from him.  I would rather have a kid with the stats of this boy and them going to UMD with merit scholarship and not getting into Ivy schools. His scholarship came about because of his high stats and he will be super successful doing his STEM major. [/quote]

Not to try to take anything away from this kid but, do you really think that your SAT score is an accomplishment?  What exactly have you accomplished?  [/quote]

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