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[quote=Anonymous]It's funny how so many parents want their kids to go to the "best" schools, when if you have a strong performing student, they are probably better off going to a lower ranking school where they will be noticed more and ranked more highly. I guess colleges are aware of this?

When I was in high school, back in the stone age, there were 3 major high schools in my area. One had a majority of the wealthy kids. One was more mixed. That was the one I went to. And one had more middle class and lower middle class kids. My friend ended up being the valediction of the third school when she definitely would not have been in contention at my school or the even wealthier high school. She also got into all the Ivy league schools. She was certainly very smart and a very strong student, but being the "big" fish in the little pond was good for her.

Whereas my kid goes to a school where so many kids are "high achievers," it almost means nothing. It's the standard and expected. [/quote]

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