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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel sorry for all of you who bought into the BS that your kids have to go to an elite college or they are doomed to a life of mediocrity.

I feel bad for your kids for getting sucked into it, but as the adults you should've given them better guidance that all these top schools are a lottery. Even for kids with the over 4.0 and perfect test scores and all the ECs, they are are still looking at a 1 in 10 shot at getting in to these schools.

Yes, it sucks for the kids. Not because they didn't get in, but because they had unreasonable expectations of getting in. [b]You should have told them to spend more time looking at "lesser" schools that they would be excited about getting accepted instead of framing it as a failure.[/b]

And all the comments about how the kids should've lied about their race, just wow. What's worse - not getting in to their top choice, or getting in only because they lied?[/quote]

+100 Lots of students would be thrilled to go to schools some of these families deem a failure. Start figuring out what great opportunities are at those school, I'm sure you can find something if you approach it with an open mind.[/quote]

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