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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anyway, college campuses and college towns don’t drive kids to take their life. It’s a mental health issue (sometimes fueled by parents…google the latest research on parents with anxiety shaping the mental health and behavior of their offspring…it’s sad…everyone just needs to chill out).[/quote]

Comparison is the thief of joy and comparison is easier than ever before with social media. Add on an economic environment where the middle class is shrinking and there's intense pressure on high achievers to make it into the upper class(think PE/HF/big tech). If on top of that pressure, you throw a bunch of the most type A 18 year olds in the country into a notoriously rigorous academic environment with high grade competition and strong isolation from the rest of society - that's just asking for trouble.

For a lot of these kids, the rat race feels existential. Even after getting into the top university in the country, the rat race still feels existential. That's a problem. No one is content with a gentleman's B anymore - but a lot of people still have to get B's. [/quote]

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