Groton vs. Milton urgent guidance

Nwbddad
Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:40:27 +0000

It’s been a looong time since I was on here. My son ended up going to Groton and graduating cum laude. Ended up going to a highly selective school but Groton guidance counselors didn’t put Ivies on even his “far reach” list. He was a very good student but not a URM, not 1 gen college, not athlete. And coming from Groton, no regional diversity. So no hooks. Happytimes 2001 hits it on the nose perfectly. BSs, even top ones, are not pipelines to ivies. Am I upset? Not at all. Son made straight A’s with a double major in STEM in college. Wasn’t even that hard for him. Has published a bunch of papers and presented at several compu-sci conferences, as an undergrad. That’s one of the things a great BS will do. When he went to college he knew exactly how to study and exactly how to focus, AND how to connect closely with professors early on. Learned all that in 9th/10th grade.