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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Was our generation (Gen X) this caught up in colleges? I don't remember this much anguish. It is concerning.[/quote] Absolutely but it was way easier to get in. Yield protection also makes safeties less safe. It’s a mess all around. [/quote] Things were much more straightforward then. You generally knew where you stood based on your grades and your SAT scores and you applied to five or six schools knowing you’d get into most of them. Maybe one was a reach and a roll of the dice. If your parents didn’t have money you applied to in-state schools. The whole thing is a crazy exercise now, with gaming from both the schools and the applicants. We’ll be facing it in a couple of years and I’m dreading it. [/quote]
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