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<p>But so what? Why should someone’s skewed and incorrect version of reality be treated as important? I mean, if everyone in China said that they believed that NYC was the capital of NY State, would you just go, “Well, that’s their perception, I won’t bother correcting it because, after all, that’s what they believe?”</p>
<p>They are WRONG in believing that HYPS are the only quality universities in the US. They are WRONG for believing that only sunshine and rainbows follow HYPS grads and that everyone else in the US is lower-tier and has sub-optimal opportunities in life. They have a fundamental misunderstanding of what life is like in the US and what the educational “tiers” are in the US. So why are you all so scared to confront them and tell them that they’re wrong?</p>
<p>If I were an expat moving to another country, there would be a group of American expats who would quickly clue me in that while I might think that in the new country, X, Y and Z … that in reality, it’s actually A, B, and C. Why doesn’t anything like that seem to exist in the US? Why do all of these immigrants come over here and no one ever seems to say to them, “Hey, you know how before you got here, you thought the world revolved around HYPS? Well, here in the US, it’s not at all like that. People are successful through many different colleges.” </p>
<p>What’s the hesitancy to deal in reality?</p>