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[quote=Anonymous]I agree it is rude to refer to specific kids.

It is also important for parents (and kids) who've never been through the modern application process (particularly in the most recent years, where so much has changed) to recognize the truth about access to top colleges. There is a 99% chance your child will not even apply to one due to the lottery nature of it and the pressure to choose a realistic ED school. When you see these lists, remember that kids who ED to schools outside the Top 20 are being smart, and kids who go to lower ranked schools maybe took a shot and missed, but landed at a school that is nonetheless an excellent college and a great fit for the kid. Most of them are not "less qualified" by their high school experience to attend any of the colleges. And it doesn't matter: no college name on a diploma improves chances success or failure; looking around the real world should prove this to you.

In the end, when lining up a final list of acceptances, kids choose the school they like best and that the family can afford, not the one USNWR ranked higher based on criteria that don't matter to the kids. Compare the outline of "things to consider" in books like Princeton Review to the USNWR criteria and you will see the huge differences in what kids are actually weighing in their choices of where to apply in the first place and where to go in the end.

Of those who do apply to top schools over-discussed here, there is a ~95% chance they will not be accepted -- no matter where they go to high to high school or how great their resume is at age 17. By and large the students who are accepted would have been no matter which high school they chose. This is the bottom line truth. So while it is right and exciting to applaud the kids who have those rare choices, it is short-sighted to denigrate the 99.9% of kids who are going elsewhere, which is what they feel you are doing when you pit lists against each other.[/quote]

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