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[quote=Anonymous]Frankly, I’m not worried about any of this from a “life competition” perspective because the folks I’ve known throughout my life who’ve gone to top schools on significant FA or as FGLI students didn’t much out of the experience. They’re not more conventionally successful than they would’ve been if they’d gone to a state school. I am not at all saying this is their fault. However, many had difficulty succeeding academically in their original chosen major and switched to ones that were more manageable (but less conventionally employable), didn’t feel like they fit in socially, had no family connections when applying for internships, were far away from home, didn’t know the timelines for job recruiting processes or weren’t aware of certain etiquette rules. They’d also, for example, never been exposed to scientific research and didn’t know how to go about finding opportunities for that.

I’m not worried because my kids can go to almost any college and will still do very well in life. This is in equal parts due to having family backing from us, excellent academic preparation from their independent school, luck thus far and their own hard work. [/quote]

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