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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think any kids get "screwed" in the college application process. What a peculiar way of looking at things.[/quote]

If you are the #1 kid in your school, aiming for T10/T20, and you end up at the flagship or worse ([i]and not for financial reasons[/i]), then yeah, [b]I think you were screwed since kids ranked FAR below you got into the schools you were aiming for? [/b]
Maybe it was your application? Your major? Your story?[/quote]

What a strange sense of entitlement. If that came across in the application process, it might explain the rejection. The bottom line is this mythological "screwed" student is the common denominator here -- there's obviously something defective about them. They don't deserve a T10/T20 because of their stats -- and it's a fallacy to suspect that kids "ranked FAR below you got into schools you were aiming for." It's clear they had something you did not. Deal with it. You (or your kid) isn't nearly as special as you thought and isn't owed anything at all. [/quote]

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