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katliamom · 05-09-2008, 02:55 PM

I did hear a 17 year old recently say "My dad went to yale and berkeley; my mom went to yale, harvard and stanford. There's no way I'm ever going to get into any of their schools." He sounded defeated. At 17!

05-09-2008, 02:55 PM	#12
katliamom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,202	I did hear a 17 year old recently say "My dad went to yale and berkeley; my mom went to yale, harvard and stanford. There's no way I'm ever going to get into any of their schools." He sounded defeated. At 17!