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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Applying to colleges should not be as stressful as it has become. Colleges shouldn’t be as expensive as they are now. High school students shouldn’t be expected to win national awards, present themselves as prodigies, professional athletes etc. They are just teens beginning their lives. They might not know what they want to do in college and yet they already expected to have achieved so much success in various fields. Its insane! They should instead be allowed to make mistakes and learn from them, which in the current system is not allowed. Imagine the stress when KIDS are not allowed to make mistakes. Cause one mistake (one B or C) can mean no chance at the elite schools. 
Then we wonder why our kids are anxious and stressed.[/quote]

This problem is completely manufactured. No kid needs to go to an elite school and all of this stress is caused by fear of not being UMC or rich, because things are getting worse and harder for those who don’t get good jobs. Plenty of good schools are happy to take normal kids with normal stats who don’t have a mountain of ECs. There is no need for all of the stress and pressure.

Instead of focusing on getting more kids into the elite schools, how about making society better so things don’t suck so much for everyone else? The problem is not that these elite institutions don’t let enough kids in, it’s that the system is perpetuated in the first place. [/quote]

Back in the day, it wasn't as difficult to get accepted by the state flagship.  These schools served as the backstop for students rejected by elite schools, or just as the respected school of choice.  The flagships have the express purpose of educating the successful HS students of the state, but this mission has been undermined, if not eliminated, by the increased number of applicants and increased selectivity.  Now, more in state students are being rejected by them, which creates uncertainly, which leads to anxiety.  Note how many flagships admit 40%. 50% or more OOS.  Yes, there are schools for these rejected students, but this newer model requires families to familiarize themselves with more schools and reduce expectations for reasons out of their control. Increasing state funding for the flagship, so as to require the school to admit a higher percentage of in state kids would be a minor move in the right direction, after all, that is supposedly their purpose.[/quote]

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