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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haven't read all 17 pgs but my answer is - bc it doesn't feel good to have to say my snowflake didn't get into an Ivy; rather it feels better and easier to stay "positive" and explain why JMU or Mason or wherever is better than an Ivy anyway due to finances, location, or whatever other reason that family latches onto. [b]It's not complicated - it's the human need to not admit defeat, failure or inadequacy.[[/b]/quote] Obviously. Crazy that it took 18 pages before someone just admitted this.[/quote] Sure, but this really depends on whether you see going to a lesser college a defeat, failure on inadequacy. Look, I've got a kid at a top 10 college, one at a large state U and another graduated from a small LAC few have heard of. In my eyes each of my children is a success, and I'm confident they'll all do well in life. No sense of failure here.[/quote]
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