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NewJeffCT

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23. Agreed

Reply to 47of74 (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 26, 2019, 05:09 PM

Dec 2019

yes, there are some kids that got into Yale, Harvard, Stanford, etc because of wealth, connections, legacy and/or similar. However, a large majority of the kids there are smart, talented and worked there tails off in high school (and sometimes, starting in middle school) to get into those elite schools and other good colleges.

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