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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some really horrible people on this thread.  God, I hope there are some sock puppets, cause it is hard to believe that so many people feel this way about people with disabilities.  [/quote]

And women.  And people of color. And non-Americans. And LGBTQ individuals. And Muslims.  And Asian students— there is a lot of hatred in this country right now.  A lot of people blaming others for their own shortcomings. People with disabilities are just the latest in a long line of people being blamed because white men have to compete, rather than just being handed things for being white men.  The  amount of whining and victimhood has just exploded in the last year or so.

When your kid puts in the amount of time and effort that my 2e TJ kid puts in and does not get into similarly impressive colleges, I will believe you have a point. Until then, throw out the XBox, delete social media, and tell you kid they will have to regularly study 10-15 hours over the weekend and until after midnight during the week, in part because they don’t get home from extracurriculars until 8:30.  Because that is how my kid will get into a top college. Not because of extra 1/2 hour on the math section of the SAT.

And if this is not the high school experience you want for your kid, fine. That’s fair. But don’t expect them to get into a top college ahead of kids who are putting in the sweat equity. [/quote]

I hope that you realize that top colleges don't pick students on the basis of SATs and GPAs and standard ECs alone. They quite possibly will be picking top swimmers, residents of North Dakota and legacies first, even though they might sometimes have lower scores than your kid.  Many TJ kids with high scores who have put in their sweat equity aren't heading for the ivies.[/quote]

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