Too Many Choices????

rcefn
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:40:49 +0000

One problem that seems to happen when kids score very high on standardized test is that all of a sudden they get boatloads of mail from vey elite schools–Yale, Harvard, MIT, etc–stating that they are a perfect candidate for that school. This can be very confusing for first time parents and students who don’t understand what is happening. I even found it difficult to throw away these things because it was so incredible that these schools were “begging” for MY child—yea…right! Anyway, after talking to many people and reading CC for so long–its clear that these schools send out thousands of these mailers, and many people are convinced that their main reasons for doing so are to get all of these kids to apply–thus lowering their acceptance rate, causing higher rankings and more prestige–plus all that extra application money aint too bad. My main point is that just because one scores very high on these tests, it doesn’t mean that all of a sudden you HAVE to go to one of these elite schools–if it is a good fit and you can afford it, great–but don’t be deceived.