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collegehelp wrote:
"As a general rule, you should attend a college where you are in the bottom half of the class based on SATs. If you get into a reach school, you should attend. Otherwise, you are selling yourself short. You will grow more at a school where you are in the bottom half of the class. "
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Can't agree with you there collegehelp. Some people perform better when following and attempting to catch up, others when leading. Some high performers fold like paper when confronted with underperformance for the first time relative to their peers.
People are not machines. Emotions play a huge role in performance. Some should ONLY attend a school in which they are in the top half, or even top quartile. You are right that others peform better under the pressure of trying to catch up to the higher performers.
There is no general rule about whether top half or bottom half is a better choice.
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