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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a great article on how to teach your child to have no competitive spirit and be happy with what meager rations they are given.

Kids this bright are quite aware of who is getting into the schools they and their friends have been targeting for 2 or 3 years and they can see [b]the reverse discrimination and unfairness at play.[/b] They are not 2 year olds looking for moms reaction on this.

Maybe responsible parenting is acknowledging that while top schools are a stretch for everyone, it IS unfair that qualities outside of their control and baseless to achievement are getting prioritized over what should matter and thus impacting your child's results.  It's not fair and there is nothing we can do.

But that they will still go to a good school and because they are brilliant they will make the best of it. The world will level out once they get past the insanity/bubble of college admissions because in the real world results matter more than checking a demographic box and brilliance and hard work will pay off, regardless of liberal agendas.

Companies focus on things that matter and so while this phase of life will illustrate to them the unfairness of racism of discrimination, the good news is that they will be past this BS in four years.

That is the article I would write.[/quote]

[b]This[/b] is total BS.

There is nothing "unfair" going on. Although there are students with very high grades and test scores that want to (and do) go to the elite schools, there are students with lower grades and test scores that thrive at these schools too.  And it's simply a fact that these elite schools are NOT interested in creating cohorts filled with the kids who had the highest grades and test scores in high school, even if they did great ECs too.  Schools are creating communities of learners and citizens who, as a group, will make each other better. That includes learning from one another, meeting people from different backgrounds and with varying perspectives. Sure, they want students to be prepared - but it does not take having a 5.0 and 1600 SAT/36 ACT to be prepared for classes at an elite school.  So the range of grades/test scores that keep a kid on the "consideration pile" is far broader than you are imagining (demanding?!).  After determining whether a applicant can succeed on campus, schools are trying to see who these students are as people, as learners, as creators, as community members....  There's nothing unfair.  You have just bought into a myth (which maybe used to be true) that the kids with the highest grades/scores, resumes were the ones that can expect to gain admission.
   
FYI - he same can be said of the DMV top X private schools too.[/quote]

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