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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My super stat DD is at our state flagship honors college. There's no doubt that if we had been full pay she would be somewhere else - first she could have applied ED at her top choice and we also could have applied some places we didn't - think top 20-30 - and some of the rejections and waitlists likely would have fallen the other way. I can tell by the admits from the public HS she attended - there's no doubt. Frankly, the data shows that she would have been much better off being a star athlete that a star academic.

It breaks my heart a little bit as she earned it I just couldn't afford it. And in the life the social connections of those schools to which she was not admitted will matter but I also believe in my daughter and that she will bloom where she is planted. And I think she will be alot less cuddled so in early 20's when she is starting her career she will be formidable and I believe hiring managers will see that. It's a matter of getting those first interviews but as they say persistence beats resistance. And if she decides on med school well then we be grateful we didn't take out the undergraduate loans.

That said, perhaps sour grapes, but there is a certain sense of entitlement/privilege that I sense in the original poster. Full pay is a hook and ED is the filter. [/quote]

You know the research shows she will do just as well as if she had gone to the more expensive choice?[/quote]

I do and thank you for taking the time to post a supportive response. There is value to the networks of the elite colleges so I am somewhat sensitive to that having witnessed that first hand. I will say what has been the most surprising is the quality of her classmates in the honors program. There are some highly driven kids in that cohort. My take is that it is somewhat socio-economic but there are some very talented, driven students, and while they may lack the networks and the inherent confidence that comes from having that safety net of a strong family network my take alot of these kids are going to go far and will be competing for the top grad school spots. It will be interesting to see. I know at a  couple of the honors programs the average stats were pretty damn impressive. And that all said I would like for my DD to have a enjoyable college experience and the rest will work itself out.

But thank you again for the kindness in your sentiment.
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