Groton vs. Milton urgent guidance

Happytimes2001
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:14:56 +0000

Not condescending at all. We started out with a similar mindset. We thought, wow, BS will be great for kiddo who can go to an Ivy league. Then we dug deeper and realized that BS’s offered so much more and that kiddo could go anywhere s/he wanted.
My kiddo is now nearing the end of the track and the focus isn’t on the Ivy league. Kid can and may apply to some Ivies, but fit is paramount. Does the college have the things on the list?
I think many parents think they are going to exchange BS tuition and create a path for college acceptances. I have seen it doesn’t work that way. Good fits means kids thrive and make their own paths.
Obsession with the Ivy league is a national pastime. In my household, I get teased a lot for my Ivy degrees. Yep, I have three. Honestly, I could not have gotten into Caltech tech though and that’s NEVER on the list.
Data has to be complete and fully show the result or it’s invalid. When you show a data set of top schools and don’t show other factors, IMO, it has little bearing.