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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You and your kid believed the hype about going to top schools.  Plenty of people on this forum and elsewhere say that it doesn't really matter as much as you think it does and people shut them down as being naïve--but it's been shown over and over, it's the kid not the school.  In the US, getting an academic job is so hard that there are amazingly strong faculty at the vast majority of schools. And a academically strong kid at a lower-ranked school has more opportunities to shine with those faculty, who then can help them get opportunities.  All this horse-racing to get into the top school doesn't pay off most of the time.  [b]Focus on the personal qualities and experiences that will eventually help you become the person you want to be and get you the job you want-- not that will get you into the school that you think will get you the job you want. The mindset starts early--smart kids that work so hard to get into a top school often wrongfully think that they are the winners, their job here is done and the world is now their oyster.  Smart kids who don't go to the top school are more likely to know that it's on them to prove their worth which is more aligned with reality.[/b][/quote]

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