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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]However, I don't think the solution is just to send kids who never had to write a research paper to an Ivy.[/quote]

Why not?  With the grade inflation at the Ivies these days, it doesn't really matter.  Once you get in, you're entitled to a gentleman's B+.
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I'm sorry, but perhaps you are thinking of Harvard in the 1950s, or you are just wrong. My kid is at an Ivy and there's no entitlement to a gentleman's B+ anymore. Some schools have reputations for being easier (hello, Harvard). But you will still flail if you can't write a research paper. [/quote]

(1)  YOUR KID GOT IN TO AN IVY!!!  I'M SOOO IMPRESSED!  (This was the point of your post, I assume.)

(2)  If you seriously think top performing kids from low performing areas "can't write a research paper," you need to get your head out of your hind region.  "Writing a research paper" is not the same as invention cold-fusion, even if your perfect little snowflake insists it is and that you should send more money immediately because your LO has it SOOOOO hard.  Also, it's not West Point.

(3)  I see the worst writing from Ivy-leage grads.  Absolutely dreadful.  It doesn't mean I don't also see excellent writing from other Ivy-league grads--I do.  But if they're using some writing litmus test in the Ivies, then they need to change the formula.  [/quote]

Wow, I'm still stunned at this overreaction. You seemed very threatened. And frankly, you seem like a truly horrible person. [/quote]

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