Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

Guess what, I work with a lot of smart people who went to a wide range of schools. Many are smarter than me. Any good college your kid chooses will be full of smart people.

You sound like Andy Bernard from The Office. I bet you are wearing Cornell socks right now and telling yourself in the mirror how smart you are.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

Guess what, I work with a lot of smart people who went to a wide range of schools. Many are smarter than me. Any good college your kid chooses will be full of smart people.

Why is “Ivy MBA” in ALL CAPS?

Anyone who ever attended an IVY knows to capitalize it. It's the strivers that don't know that.

Nobody who went to a good Ivy refers to their school by the athletic conference. It is only used at the lesser schools and is a sign of insecurity.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

Guess what, I work with a lot of smart people who went to a wide range of schools. Many are smarter than me. Any good college your kid chooses will be full of smart people.

Why is “Ivy MBA” in ALL CAPS?

Anyone who ever attended an IVY knows to capitalize it. It's the strivers that don't know that.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

Oh, good grief. Of course top schools want excellent grades and top test scores, but so many students have these. They are just not enough.

Like PPs have said, there are smart kids at every school

Quit trolling.

So now it’s “trolling” to suggest that there are more smart kids at UVA than VCU? Why are all these kids killing themselves for four years in high school, if all colleges are the same?

Learn to read. No one said what you are saying. OP literally said "excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for," which is ridiculous and untrue. I said smart kids are at every school. That would include both UVA and VCU. Neither said those schools (or any schools) were the same. OP never suggested what you are saying, in fact they are hinting at the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

Oh, good grief. Of course top schools want excellent grades and top test scores, but so many students have these. They are just not enough.

Like PPs have said, there are smart kids at every school

Quit trolling.

So now it’s “trolling” to suggest that there are more smart kids at UVA than VCU? Why are all these kids killing themselves for four years in high school, if all colleges are the same?

Are you OP? It does seem like a trolling question. Yes, smart kids go to top schools and medium schools and even schools that are - gasp! - lower than that. If you’re actually serious about wanting suggestions, be a little more specific.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

Oh, good grief. Of course top schools want excellent grades and top test scores, but so many students have these. They are just not enough.

Like PPs have said, there are smart kids at every school

Quit trolling.

So now it’s “trolling” to suggest that there are more smart kids at UVA than VCU? Why are all these kids killing themselves for four years in high school, if all colleges are the same?

Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

And yet you capitalize “Ivy,” so you’re not all that smart.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

Mine will be at Maryland studying CS for free.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for. I don’t really care about prestige, and I’d rather save my money, but my smart kid would like to study math with a bunch of other smart kids. Some weed-out is ok, but preferably not too cut-throat.

Where do the boring smart kids go?

Oh, good grief. Of course top schools want excellent grades and top test scores, but so many students have these. They are just not enough.

Like PPs have said, there are smart kids at every school

Quit trolling.

Anywhere the acceptance rate is less than 70% will have a large number of smart kids

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s put it this way. I’m smart. I went to an T20 school and majored in Math and have an IVY MBA. I now work for a Fortune 500 company with people who went to a whole range of schools.

Guess what, I work with a lot of smart people who went to a wide range of schools. Many are smarter than me. Any good college your kid chooses will be full of smart people.

Why is “Ivy MBA” in ALL CAPS?

I only meant to capitalize MBA.

Anonymous wrote:Everywhere

+1 Because of a whole host of reasons beyond acceptances. Smart kids are all over the place. Some would even say it's better to be the cream of crop than one in a sea of many.

Anywhere where a lot of kids got high SAT/ACT scores, no?

Anonymous wrote:I’ve recently learned that excellent grades and top test scores is not what prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for.

Sure the prestigious/expensive colleges are looking for excellent grades and top test scores, it's just that excellent grades and top test scores don't give kids an automatic in. And if they're applying to the same 10 schools all of their classmates are applying to, they're not likely to get into any.

FWIW, my smart kids were interested in liberal arts colleges. They applied to ones with a range of selectivity and are very happy with their outcomes.