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[quote]For the people who worry that their kids need certain credentials to get into a good college, and need that good college to have a successful life, add me to the chorus of anecdotal evidence that says that’s simply not true. DH and I both went to state schools — me for financial reasons, him because he’s never been particularly ambitious — and we both got into top 10 law schools from there. Once you were in, which college you went to basically never mattered again.  We’ve told our middle schooler that we know she’ll get into college *somewhere* no matter what, and it doesn’t have to be a particular ranking or a particular school unless she chooses to set her sights on that. I’m already glad we made that choice, it’s so much pressure off everyone’s shoulders for the years to come[/quote].

Things are far more competitive now to go to your local state school, and certainly to get into a top 10 law school.  And I'm sure that to get into that top ten law school, both you and your spouse had to be top students at your state school.  Rankings and hard work and focus and drive still matter--you're deluding yourself if you think otherwise, and misleading your kids..

-- law school professor[/quote]

OP here. Right?!! That PP makes me so mad. Saying shit like “we’re above it all, the college admissions rat race doesn’t apply to us, DC can go to Podunk State U and still end up at HYSCCN for law school” makes me angry. First, you’re just kicking the can down the road — work ethic, academic excellence, discipline, and prestige still matter to you, but for law school. And then there’s the factor that getting into Big Law out of law school has become infinitely more competitive — so your kids will still be subject to a rat race that’s infinitely more competitive than the one you went through. [/quote]

You sound nutty, OP. I feel for your poor kids. You are doing everything wrong.[/quote]

Pointing out someone's T14 law background (and the necessary amounts of discipline and academic excellence to achieve that) isn't nutty. [/quote]

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