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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a parent of a freshman a T15 school.  Kid thought they were selecting a place commensurate with their [holds nose] top credentials that would nonetheless have a lot of fun kids who don't take themselves seriously and prioritize having a good time.  Spoiler alert: this is not UChicago.

Anyway, kid is wrong.  Not every student at kid's school is a Tracy Flick, of course, but there are so many of them that the vibe is affected. The seriousness and intensity permeates the dorms, the quad, the on campus coffee places ...

I promise I'm not a troll. Kid is grateful for this opportunity but really surprised at how wrong they were. [/quote]

This should surprise no one. How do you think those kids got into that school?

You can't "buy" a T20 experience for the bumper sticker/line on your resume, without throwing yourself with others who are caught up in the same rat race.

You should really have focused more on "fit," as many more contented families have recommended. But so many people on this board are blinded by status/USNWR rankings...[/quote]

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