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[quote=Anonymous]I came from a lower-income community and went to Princeton. I know how tough that transition is, and I had a high-school friend who never recovered from the Ivy she attended. My daughter attends a super-selective school and has a roommate from such a background who is clearly clinically depressed. Plus, Princeton unlike Harvard and Yale doesn’t grade inflate as much, particularly in STEM, and kids who are super stressed about getting high paying jobs pack into those majors (rather than thinking that maybe attending Princeton is enough). I don’t have a clear answer. On average Ivies benefit the lives of low-income kids. For sure attending Princeton changed my life for the better. But they can also destroy some kids, too. And I think this preprofessional obsession that has consumed so many kids and parents is horrible for this generation’s mental health. [/quote]
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