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<p>Does any of this education ever address the elephant in the room - that, despite what the Chinese think, admission to HYPS is not indicative that someone will lead a charmed life, and that there is little appreciable difference in the ultimate jobs and life satisfaction of HYPS grads versus those who attend other top universities?</p>
<p>Or is it just reinforcing what people mistakenly want to believe - my kid gets into HYPS, life will be fabulous, and if he doesn’t, he’s a loser who won’t ever do anything beyond ask “do you want fries with that”?</p>
<p>Because ethically, I would hope that you would have a problem with continuing to pitch HYPS as the be-all-and-end-all of life in the US, and that you would use your position for good and not for evil. Not saying that aiming for HYPS admissions is evil – but that reinforcing a system that believes that there are only a handful of worthwhile colleges in the US, and that there are huge differences in life outcomes if you don’t make one of those, is certainly the wrong thing to do.</p>