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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This story makes me want to opt out of this college rat race scheme even more. College should only be for the doctors and engineers. Anything else can be learned with the modern technology.[/quote]

Why not opt out of the rat race, skip the madness, and just have your kid go to one of the thousands of colleges that are not “elite” or very selective? If your kid has a high school degree and the desire to go learn in college, there is a place for them. They can become doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, nurses, etc from any one of those hundreds of schools. No rat race or bribery necessary.[/quote]

NP. Because those schools also cost a fortune, that’s why. 
I believe in college myself, but just sayin’....
The disgusting and immoral cost of college is scaring people away.[/quote]

Community college doesn't cost a fortune, and provides a perfectly fine opportunity for education for a kid who wants it. State schools also are not (as breathtakingly) expensive as private schools. If you want to be a nurse, scientist, teacher, etc. you must go to college, and there are non-crazy-stressful ways to get into college if you do. There are also less expensive ways to go to college. I think, though, that people don't really trust and believe that their smart, UMC kid will actually do just as well in life going to a no-name college. It's absolutely true, but people just seem to believe that if elite colleges are a scarce resource, they must guarantee a kid a better future.[/quote]

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