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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another let’s put down the Ivies thread and make ourselves feel better that our kids got rejected and/or don’t stand a chance.

If these schools don’t matter/are going down in popularity, why do ridiculous threads like this one pop up at least once a week?!?! People usually don’t spend their time tearing down institutions that are becoming less popular, just the opposite. 
 
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I think the idea is not to crap on the ivies but point out that they have lost a lot of their relative edge. They still attract “the best” but the gap has shrunk.  The difference between a kid at Harvard today versus say Colgate is like the difference between Harvard and Penn thirty years ago.

I think now that people realize it’s almost an impossible dream unless a lot of things come together (perfect academics with hooks in the context of some carefully curated package), our collective mental energy and imagination shifts towards more plausible options that offer the things people historically wanted out of Ivy League schools. [/quote]

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