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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really hate the characterization that you're "shooting below your weight". Choosing the best college is the whole package, bet fit, etc. If that's Auburn or St Joes, or where ever, then so be it. Don't both accept the $$$$$ and act like you're too good for the school.[/quote]

Please. A kid with the grades and scores for Duke or Northwestern is going to be the cream of the crop for a school like St. Joe’s. It is definitely several tiers lower and that’s a real consideration for OP. Why wouldn’t it be?[/quote]

Why is it a consideration?  A kid with good stats is going to get a fine education no matter where they go. If you’re concerned about the tier of a certain colleges, you are concerned with prestige, not education. [/quote]

That’s like saying any intelligent child will do fine in HS including the inner city public. You full well know that the environment matters.[/quote]

No, it isn't the same. Not at all. Because high school is mandatory for everyone, and there isn't a single college in the U.S. that is anything like the toughest inner city high schools full of kids who don't want to be there and teachers who are essentially stuck babysitting and keeping the peace instead of teaching. But yes, it is absolutely true that "any intelligent child will do fine" in most US high schools.

College is a choice, and an expensive one. Other than wealthy kids there for a 4-year party, the classes are full of serious kids who want an education. [/quote]

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