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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't fool yourselves, there are plenty of #1 parents who are also competitive about education. They just have the VIP connections to pull them behind the scenes - they know the low rigor high tutor pathway their child needs to get grades high enough for the college to feel ok about the stats to include them in the legacy or VIP admits.[/quote]

DP. This. It is quite sad for their kids though at some point they will realize that their entire life was based on their parents connections staring with getting them into the preschool on. Often you will see kids with subpar grades and/or very subpar personalties - with absolutely no charisma end up getting into top schools or top internships because of their parents connections but I think it does catch up with them eventually because at some point mommy and daddy's connections mean nothing. At some point they can't get any further and those connections do not work anymore at a certain level.

Glad my kids got into their schools based on their merit and no connections. 100 percent their own grades etc... [/quote]

To be honest - I'm not sure this actually catches up. It's a different world for these families.[/quote]

I dunno, have you ever read some of the books on the WASPs? Not a ton of happy stories there.[/quote]

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