<p>Good article. Our generation has to remind itself that:</p>
<p>(a) it’s much harder to get into today’s marquis Universities/colleges than it used to be and I’ll bet that at least 50% of us parents would be denied by the colleges we once attended
(b) that for our generation, marquis names are way too tied to our self-esteem - and we’re probably modeling that destructive thinking to our kids without even knowing it!
(c) there are tons of great schools out there, perfect schools for our kids, if we can just tamp down our snob reflex
(d) the vast majority of movers and shakers do not hail from the top 1% of Universities and Colleges.</p>