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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A way to help break this dynamic is to value Ivy League schools less.  Ivy League grads are fine, but they’re not, by some rule, the smartest 0.01% of people.  There are plenty of good schools out there and many very smart kids go to all sorts of schools. Let Dalton and the Uber wealthy go to the ivies - at least they’re not influencing their way into a slot at whatever other school your family may want to target…. The constant collective striving for status in college acceptances is deleterious for society.  [/quote]

My conclusion is the importance of Ivies will fall bc middle class people can't get into them much anymore (even legacies).  The rich stay rich and are in their own sphere.  I hope the talented low-income kids remember the rest of society and aren't snobs when they get out.  And the cumulative effect of large amounts of smart people going to other schools for generations will improve the reputations of the other schools.   All of my schools have significantly improved in reputation in the last 30 years, and I believe it's deserved as well as partly due to the Ivies staying rather small.[/quote]

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