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  itsme2

  Feb. 28, 2008, 8:54 p.m.

  It has always been hard, try getting into college as a woman 100 years ago!
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  crown482

  Feb. 28, 2008, 9:42 p.m.

  i think kids have it a lot harder than they used to. no way today i'd get into the college i went to. also when i was in high school, i barely thought about college and most of the people i knew were the same. i hear horror stories now about kids grinding away, feeling like they have to get their grades and tests near perfect. it's sad
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  elygirl1

  Feb. 28, 2008, 9:45 p.m.

  it's a shame that everything boils down to those darned tests. i know colleges need some standard of comparison but can't they still judge a smart, accomplished, driven student when they encounter one?
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  chevydog

  Feb. 28, 2008, 11:31 p.m.

  It can happen to anyone. Sometimes test scores are the rage, sometimes it's the activities you did while in HS.

  Back in the Dark Ages, my rural PA high school spent portions of various semesters teaching us how to take standardized tests. It worked pretty well for the third of us who were interested in college.
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  ghengisghan

  Feb. 29, 2008, 9:09 a.m.

  How about she grow the hell up.Study, practice and take the test again or apply to a state school or a voch tech. Its not the friggin end of the world.
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  jumpmaster

  Feb. 29, 2008, 10:34 a.m.

  If she is so smart, then why did she stink up the tests so badly?

  Maybe she isn't nearly as smart as she thinks she is.

  Off to junior college or truck driving school!
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  quackpot

  Feb. 29, 2008, 11:51 a.m.

  All those that I know (including several Nobel Prize winners) have had their fair share of rejections.

  Get up and move on, girl.
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  Charlson

  Feb. 29, 2008, 3:07 p.m.

  If you spent time studying and achieving good test scores as much as whining maybe you would have been accepted. Unless you are an exceptionally gifted athlete, test scores do count for admissions to most colleges. And I get so tired of these legacy babies who think money and parents who are alumni will automatically ensure admittance. These are probably the same types who rail against affirmative action.
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  marshx

  Feb. 29, 2008, 3:23 p.m.

  It seems to me that Nora feels she was entitled to a place at Tafts, a lesson to learn; next time don't put all your eggs in the same basket.
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  amazed

  Feb. 29, 2008, 3:43 p.m.

  This kid picked one of the most difficult schools in the country to decide she "deserved" to go to. As an admissions officer from Yale told the student body of my daughter's class one college night

  "If we took all the kids that apply here that have 1600 on their SAT's AND perfect averages AND oodles of service work and extra curriculars AND a special talent AND were valedictorian of their class, we would have to increase our class size by about a factor of 10.

  The bottom line is when you're applying to the top tier schools -- the Ivies, Tufts, Stanford, MIT and like that -- you have to realize that nearly everyone who applies is qualified and, unfortunately, it's a true crap shoot.

  When you look at the admission stats, they are all accepting only about 8% of their applicants, and 85-95% of those they accept go there.
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  paul6863

  March 26, 2008, 4:49 a.m.

  Luckily I passed that period, terrible

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