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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People here have big egos and even the thought that their kids are not the best hurts, so they tend to blame external factors: too many applicants from DMV, not the right race, not the right socio-economic background etc. People also have weird hang-ups about or are not used to rejection or loss in a competition, as most of the posters here don't seem athletic.  Nobody here has an average child. Some of them went to Podunk U and they hoped that a more competitive college would open the door to better job prospects and social mobility for their kids, so the hope is now gone. Some applied and got rejected 20 years ago and suffer rejection again. I went to a much hated college here on DCUM and when I read a thread about a poll of college admission and attendance of various posters, I was surprised to find out that a lot of them were rejected from my college in the 80s and 90s. Ultimately, the kids who got admitted took their child's opportunity, so they feel anger as a reaction to the frustration, feeling like a failure, embarrassment. In FFX county, it starts early, with the AAP admission. I remember when my coworker's child applied and he was rejected; his dad told me that it's actually better because all the AAP kids are weirdos on the spectrum. He was talking about 3rd graders / 8 years old. [/quote]

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