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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This kid seems insufferable, but I kind of feel badly for him.

He has great scores and he should be very proud of himself, but[b] if folks in his life were telling him that he was a shoo-in for an Ivy League college, then he was getting bad advice[/b].

Very very few people can be assured of spots in the Ivy League. Kids of major (MAJOR) donors are one, kids who have won significant national prizes (ISEF Top Prize Winners) are another.  But a kid with good test scores and grades? That's a crapshoot.

Similarly, whoever told him to put this out there into the world was doing him a disservice because the coverage has focused on how at least one of the schools he was rejected from doesn't use race-based admissions at all. [/quote]

+1.  Those who advise teenagers should NOT lead them to believe that they'll have even a decent chance at an elite school.  It's really not fair to the teenagers, no matter how impressive the teenager is.[/quote]

The teens don't care where they attend college - only the parents do.  That is why the prepping starts so early - early life is about what college you attend, nothing else. If you need a tutor for each class, you are in the wrong classes. [/quote]

I have to disagree with you on this…go to any competitive HS (Sidwell, TJ, Whitman, etc) and the teens are super status conscious.  Could be parental pressure which starts it, but seems organic too.[/quote]

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