^Agree Titan…the increasing disparity between rich and poor are making kids and parents so desperate they are willing to mortgage their lives on entry into the promised land. It is so sad. As you know by now i am very very jaundiced on the whole process, the “game” is rigged in favour of $$$$, from private schooling, tutors, private guidance consultants, ‘doctors’ notes etc etc., and actively encouraged by the colleges themselves. My particular favorite is the Sony exec who donated $1 mill to the Brown scholarship fund and hey presto the daughter is admitted. At the time I said to my colleague, a Brown grad, well Brown now we have established what you are, we are just haggling over price right?