Isn't the whole college in high school thing getting a bit crazy?

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All of her hard work thrown away in one little letter.

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<p>Why? Did she not learn anything in her AP classes? Why consider that work “thrown away?” If she does not attend Yale but attends another excellent school, will that learning be for nothing?This is the sort of attitude that I really cannot understand.</p>

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The latter, the AP kids, will score 95+ in each of their classes, mentally and physically drain themselves while fighting for tenths of a point in the top 10 in hope of scoring an Ivy.

How do you know that the AP kids “mentally and physically drain themselves?” Speaking as the parent of a kid who did two APs (the two considered the hardest) in 8th grade and had time and energy to spare.</p>