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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you can widen your perspective as to what is a "good" college. I think if you are a parent who went to a highly ranked school (which you probably wouldn't have gotten into today) it can be harder to accept that lots of colleges can lead to a solid career and a happy life but that is the reality. Give yourself some credit that your success was not about you than your specific college.

DH and I both went to regional public universities and have done well. I had to turn down big name schools because of the cost. Now I see that HS classmates who went to those seem to be doing about the same. I also see that my work peers went to a wide range of colleges. My kids will be fine.[/quote]

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I got an engineering degree and master’s from VT.  My DH went to a small private and got a degree in computer science.  We are doing quite well for ourselves.  Not everyone has to go to an Ivy to be successful in life, but that really seems to be a pervasive attitude with some of the parents we’ve met here.  We are both late gen-Xers with parents who were involved and encouraging, but definitely not pushy.
Both of us are from small-town areas, and we are very concerned with the level of competitiveness we see in the school systems in this area.  Our kids aren’t old enough for this to be an issue yet, but we are getting there. [/quote]

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