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Well obviously no applicant wants to be rejected from their top choice, but when these schools turn away 90% of their applicants, it should be expected by most.
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<p>Ah-ha. So we agree that HYP are appealing choices to students, and legitimately so. I simply wanted to make the case that while students could "perform well at any school" in reality they could do better at certain schools than others, even if they don't put in as much effort. Thus, I think that while there is indeed a lot of hype surrounding the top colleges, they deserve a lot of it. I agree though that students shouldn't act like it's the end of the world.</p>