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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are all kinds of students at every college (yes that includes the ivies)[/quote]

This 100%[/quote]

Run the numbers. They accept 5%. Then subtract all the legacies, athletes, faculty kids, non-super wealthy, non-show-biz etc. How many spots for ordinary smart kids are actually left?

Just because there are “some,” it doesn’t necessarily follow that there are enough that they will find others of their type.[/quote]

What makes the legacy kids or the faculty kids any different socially?? These schools have plenty of kids just like OP's who are normal albeit very smart kids would not shy away from the Ivies for fear of not fitting in. In a class of 1500+ anyone can find a good group of friends.[/quote]

Exactly - if my unhooked public school kid was unwilling to befriend anyone without her identical profile she clearly wouldn’t be ready for college. In truth some social groups do coalesce around  certain factors ( billionaire kids tend to hang out/vacation together, athletes so busy they don’t have as much time for clubs/groups etc ) but the beautiful thing about college is moving beyond the rigidity of high school social groups and having friends from a variety of backgrounds[/quote]

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