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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The college search process is much nicer for the so-called average kids. They’re not hung up on a small handful of schools and there’s a broader or wider sense of good options for them. [/quote]

This is true. I have one of each. My poor tippy top kid was crushed when he was rejected from his dream school and most of his in state targets. He and his friends really struggled to swallow their sadness seeing kids with lower rigor, GPAs, ECs or totally made up stuff get in due to demographic or geographic reasons. He still ended up at a top 25 but will always be a little bitter about how UC does admissions. He had to push himself to love the school he went to and for about a year wondered what he could have done differently.

My smart but would prefer to have fun kid had a far better time. There was a panic moment where she thought it was hopeless because she wasn’t a 4.0, captain or president of a top EC or varsity sport player. She had a wider range of schools to apply to and consider, got into far more than she expected and was super happy with her choice. [/quote]

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