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[quote=Anonymous]Students at "better" colleges are, on average, better students than those at less competitive schools.

But the thing people like OP don't get is that there are many excellent students at less competitive schools. Some of them are on par with students at the most competitive schools.

Talk to any admissions officer at a top college or university and they will tell you that the number of qualified applicants far exceeds the number of spots. In addition, many of these schools would require most students to borrow large amounts of money to attend (not all, I know some of the top schools give very generous need-based grants and scholarships, but these are also the hardest to get into). So many highly qualified applicants (yes, many) choose to go to less competitive schools where they are likely to receive significantly more generous aid packages because of their excellent qualifications, which might place them in the middle at a highly competitive school but at the tippy-top of a less competitive institution.

Other excellent students selects schools on the basis of location or availability of very specific programs. I know a student gained admission to a top university (HYSP) but chose a (very good, but significantly less competitive, especially for students from the DMV) state university because she is focused on a specific scientific area of study and that school is considered to have the very best program for that area.

And it's also important to acknowledge that there are, in fact, students at elite institutions who are not superior students, but are given admission thanks to legacy or donor status. [/quote]

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