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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All these folks sounding so indignant about how the family reacted would probably work the system if their kid were shut out. [/quote]

Most parents would have accepted school advice not to have their kid apply to all Ivys and reach schools like Duke.  Stupid and entitled doesn’t make it the school’s fault.  And it sure as hell doesn’t amount to a federal civil rights case![/quote]

+1 Seems like the parents were idiots to sign off on a slate of highly selective schools and then were shocked when their kid didn't get in.  [/quote]

She applied on her own after a year and got in. Ooops! She clearly is Ivy material. She is now an Ivy graduate.  [/quote]

Because college addmission becomes very competitive, only a small fraction of QUANTIFIED candidates can be admitted to the top universities. The selection process  is more random and no student, even though s/he is quantified, is guaranteed  except those with extraordinary academic profiles, including national level awards like math/physics/chemistry olympiads, debating, Intel etc. NMSF is definitely not good enough.  Also, National Achievement semi finalist is not NMSF and the cutoff of NASF is lower than NMSF. The whole debate is not about if the girl was quantified for ivies but if her profile makes her admission guaranteed. Apparently her parents thought so and thus blamed SIdwell.
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