That was an an characteristically unkind comment above and I agree with sunnyschool. You must have had reasons you applied to each one of these schools. We did. I also have reservations about all the schools we applied to. They are all individual, thus the notion of “fit”. FWIW, my kid is probably going to leave a school where the acceptance rate was about 4% for that entry year, for a school that accepts 5X that. Why? It’s no longer a good fit and she probably won’t look back at all. the accomplishments of the alums don’t sway me and definitely do not sway my kid. Some were built on the shoulders of their parents/previous generations and some kids are just creative geniuses on their own. Prestige really isn’t worth the happiness and joy of where your kid might feel a connection, unless the two happen to align. I went to undergrad where I learned the acceptance rate for that individual school was 3% last year…and I’m basically a housewife. Truly thoughtful people don’t care where you went to school, they are just interested in what you can authentically contribute to the conversation and your community.
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