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Indeed. Every year in April there is a “where did you get in” or “who got into the best colleges” thread (= bragging thread) with posters rattling off a dozen or so highly selective colleges to which they were admitted. </p>
<p>I would be willing to bet that 90% of the posters on CC, including those on this thread, do not know their chosen schools nearly as well as they think.</p>