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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are going to have to get over your dream schools, OP. She wasn't likely to get in anyway. It was always a long shot.

You don't want to hear this, and probably cannot process it at this stage, but it is far better for her to develop a strong social sense of self, have fun and friendships, and feel in control of her own life than is is to go to any particular college.[b] A happy, confident, smart kid from a middling college will be more successful than a depressed, burned out, resentful kid with no social circle from Harvard.[/b][/quote]

This times a million!  [/quote]

I think this is a false fallacy. Like if you end up depressed, burnt out, resentful, and with no social circle from Harvard, you probably would’ve ended up similar situated from UMD or a liberal arts college. If you’re miserable at an Ivy, you probably would’ve been miserable elsewhere. [/quote]

You think wrong. There are kids who go to Harvard because they're academically gifted, naturally high achievers.  Strivers. 
[b]And there are kids who go to Harvard because their neurotic parents have structured every facet of their lives to such a degree that the kids are empty shelled puppets. That will eventually have devastating effect on the kids.[/b][/quote]

You are wrong, plain wrong.

-HYPS grad who was forced into it by my parents and am very grateful that they did so. [/quote]

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