<p>Wow, yes thank you GF! Great advise. Students all across this nation stand out, excel, find unique ways to go above and beyond without handlers. These students are generally very successful at the schools they choose to apply to. The perceived popularity, even value, of universities varies dramatically by region. In the northeast LACs such a Swathmore, Colgate, and Middlebury are well respected and top choices for many students. In the Midwest there are people who have never heard of them. Many valedictorians want nothing more to attend a school in the Big 10. </p>
<p>I reject the myth of ‘feeder’ high schools, and that a student will do well just by virtue of the school attending that school. Correlation does not imply causation.</p>