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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course, I would love my kid to get into Harvard. Who wouldn’t want the opportunity to humble brag - when someone asks what college your kid goes to, look down demurely and murmur they go to college in Cambridge, Mass. Refuse to say the name until asked point blank for the name. [/quote]

Yes but would you be disappointed if your child didn't make it to Harvard but instead made it -oh god forbid - to Columbia?  There is a difference between choosing Harvard over Columbia if faced with the choice and thinking anything below Harvard or HYPS is a disappointment.  [/quote]

If you have the money to pay for tuition the cost of the Ivy's and other pritaves is the same. Therefore why not shoot got the best?[/quote]

Shooting for the best (which for most is the most prestigious, lets not hide behind our fingers here) is all good. Thinking that anything but the most prestigious is a disappointment is not reasonable though.

I have too met these families who think that it is HYPS or bust. Not even ivy or bust, only HYPS or only Harvard will do for their precious kids. Many of them made it to HYPS, many had a rude awakening at admission decisions day. [/quote]

Yeahhh don't even try to apply to HYPS avoid striving for the best. Be a  mediocre without aspirations becacause if have any you are going to fail. 
What's wrong with the people in this forum????[/quote]

Maybe you should try some reading comprehension. No one said you shouldn't strive for HYPS. What they are saying is that thinking that [b]only[/b] HYPS is good enough and everything else is a disappointment is unreasonable and not healthy. 
I swear I dont get how some people on this forum managed to graduate middle school. [/quote]

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