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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
College selection is like recruitment... Not everyone is top tier material, as un-PC as it is. It's not the sorority's fault that the PNM is totally unremarkable. Also, college isn't for everyone - someone that mediocre is probably destined for a life of retail, with or without the degree to prove they can sit still for four years.
/Preaching to the choir
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Even the "top tier" can't take everyone who is qualified. There are only so many seats in a new member class or in a freshman class. Harvard has space for X number of students and Yale has space for Y number of students and Wash U has space for Z number of students. Harvard might see something they like in a student who hates Harvard and is set on Wash U. Meanwhile, she can't get the time of day from Wash U. And thousands of other freshman are headed for perfectly fine careers from University of Illinois or Missouri Science and Technology.
It's okay and it will be okay. Time to grow up, kid.