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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also was under challenged at my mediocre public HS, and in some ways I think it's what made me excel in college (harvard-- doubt I'd even get in these days, but back in the late 80s harvard took a risk on me, a kid with good test scores but uneven grades and extracurrics). When I got to college it was like being in heaven: so much to soak up, so much to learn. I lapped it up, and graduated in the top of my class. I honestly doubt I'd have done so had I not arrived eager for a challenge. Most of my peers from fancy prep schools did not do as well academically-- frankly I think because they were burned out by the time they arrived.[/quote]

How funny --I'm the previous under-challenged in HS poster and I had the same Harvard-as-heaven experience.  But that led me to think challenging schools were heavenly.

Then again, I assumed that the kids from fancy prep (usually boarding) schools didn't do as well academically because they were stoners (or didn't care because they were taking over the family business regardless).  But I was there a decade earlier than you were.  Definitely an environment in which it became clear that the rich weren't rich because they are smarter or did better at school than everyone else, LOL![/quote]

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