Interesting thread....and I'm an old fart with no kids
. Methinks this pursuit of perfect test scores, and pursuit of acceptance to the VERY top tier schools is a bit overrated by many. Sorta like being a football player and just HAVING to attend 'bama or THAT OSU in order to be a star in the NFL....I don't get it
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I have a VERY talented bunch of younger relatives....one went the Harvard > Stanford path (for example), another did undergrad at a school most of y'all have probably never heard of (Campbell), before attending med school at Wake, along with lots of other examples that went to lowly "state schools". .Bottom line...they are ALL gonna have very successful lives...university of choice has very little impact on that imo...if a kid has "it", they will be very successful....just way too much emphasis on a very finite number of slots imo.
BTW...back in the day, my SAT scores weren't perfect, but high enough to go anywhere and raise the average....just my .02 worth.
LOTS of ways to skin a dawg....life's a journey....enjoy the ride!
Just don't get a worthless degree from Trump University and spend a fortune in the process...
Oh yeah....in my corporate career, I worked with many exceptional folks from all over....few attended the "elite" schools and some that did, weren't that impessive either...YMMV.