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You seem to spend a lot of your time and energy focused on the ivy league. First you were intent on finding out how you could get into an one. Now it seems you don’t believe it’s a viable path for you so you’re spending all your time and energy tearing down people who do attend them. It’s not healthy. Why do you feel the need to dream up imaginary comments and argue against them? Is it us you’re trying to convince or yourself? You don’t have to tear others down to raise yourself up.
You seem really unhappy and bitter about your college choices. Most people don’t get to attend an ivy. In fact, most students don’t get to attend residential college at all, so you’re in good company. I know it can be difficult to let go of one dream and form another, but you seem to be struggling with that. I think you might benefit from some counseling to help you talk through your feelings. Stop by your school’s counseling center. They can probably help you.
Thanks for being understanding. Well, I was rejected from an elite college in 2017 and honestly, I do feel bitter. Perhaps it’s an inferiority complex. Not that it matters. I can’t allow myself to seek external validation through some shallow desire to go to an Ivy. I want to re-enroll at a private college I attended previously. But before I can do that, I have to get the **** out of the situation I’m in. I never wanted, or expected to take 3 gap years, much less deal with a toxic environment again. I can’t attend college successfully if I’m not where I want to be mentally and emotionally. I’m far overdue to get out of my situation. I’m gonna find a way out.
If you would like historical information for this time frame, this Life article may be of interest:
Note that while Harvard, academically, enjoyed a similar relative status in 1960 to that of today, many other schools have shifted position since then.