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[quote=Anonymous][quote] No other wealthy nation does this to its young people.[/quote]

No, that's an incorrect and ill-informed statement (don't try to repurpose stale talking points about US health care or maternity leave - they're not applicable here).   Actually, the university admissions process has historically been more competitive and draining (and unforgiving) in other wealthy countries than in the US.  To the extent that there's "transparency" there it's mostly because admission there is based on a test score that wealthier students have the resources to prepare for, both through tutoring and their schoolwork (since unlike less prosperous students they haven't been tracked into trade schools at age 14).   Compared to that, give me US universities' efforts to shape a more representative sampling of America's future leaders any day.

Of course, there are some wealthy countries that don't really have elite universities, where competitive admissions aren't as much of issue.   But we have the same in the US -- there are a number of highly ranked US universities that accept over three quarters of their applicants.   If you find the process and pressure involved in getting into an Ivy League/"T20" school intolerable, then aim for one of the fine state flagships that accepts the vast majority of applicants -- Indiana, Colorado, Michigan State, Arizona, Iowa (which tend to "rank" among the top 100 or 250 universities in the world).   But sounds a bit hypocritical to seek admission to an elite school that by definition rejects more applicants than it accepts, and then express outrage that the school has the nerve to select its student body in a way that your kid can't game.       [/quote]

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