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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve tried with my mom and she gets it…and then starts fussing again. She has off the charts anxiety. She thinks she’s being reassuring and will say “well, I know UMD-CP will be just fine.” And I’ll say again, “Mom, he can’t get into CP. But maybe UMBC, or Salisbury if he wants a state school.” And she looks all devastated and says “Really? You told me he was doing okay in school.” I want to pull my hair out.

She also always tells me when one of her friends…or her friends of friends…went to my dad’s prep school or college alma mater. Sometimes I push back on the snobbishness, and sometimes I just change the subject.[/quote]

I mean I'm a millennial and I have trouble understanding it all, so I don't blame boomers. Top students when I was in school got into Tulane, Duke, UVA, Georgia Tech, UNC, NYU. The Valedictorian likely went Ivy league if they could afford it. I'm surprised when neighbors hope their smart kids can get into JMU, George Mason, University of Mary Washington (and sometimes aren't getting in anywhere). It's crazy and you can't blame grandparents for not getting it. [/quote]

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