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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a college junior and one graduating HS next year. There is more than one way toward a goal. You can do community college and transfer. You can end up at the same place as the kid who did the full rigmarole of applying, it merely take a couple of more years. But you're still coworkers.[/quote] You are absolutely right. But you are looking at college as some kind of job training -- a way to get into a career. College does prepare students for careers, and that's important. But I'd like my kid to have a four year experience that is not market-oriented, that's focused on exploring ideas and meeting interesting people and having fun and learning. One can certainly do that at community college, but it's much easier at a selective university. Life isn't always about where your going. The experience is important in and of itself.[/quote]
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