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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If one believes maybe half of what the College forum says is true, then college admissions right now is basically a lottery.  [/quote]
A lottery is a good analogy. A rigged lottery is even better.[/quote]

It’s always been rigged. The only reason some people are squawking about it now is that they think it’s rigged against them.

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One imagines wonderful things about the process and the child's future, until it is your kid's turn and you find out the truth. Then one posts "insights" about how different the process is now and your great ideas for improving the terrible system, which are identical to those posted every year that list serves have existed.[/quote]

Hope springs eternal.  Everyone assume their kid will be the exception or the game itself will have changed. 
The reality is that 95% of Big3 kids won't have top10 options when their college time comes--despite their parents doing everything right and they themselves being extremely bright, hard working, lovely kids. [/quote]

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