And young people on here imagine having 2 children 2 years apart. One of them doesn't get to go to college because of covid and the other doesn't get to go because ability didn't matter for a year.
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I hope this never happens to your kids. Beware of being penalized for trying. Is that a lesson you will teach your kids?
I'm not "bummed". Read my post with anger.
U of MN was not his first choice. It was _fallback_.
Try on some shoes.... Imagine putting 30 years of high taxes into a state as a high earner and business owner (that's me). Then imagine that your almamater doesn't accept your kid when your kid is, in fact, a lot smarter than you and has accomplished a lot more than you did by his age.
Then imagine being that kid and being taught by the State that, while you are in the top 95th (99th) percentile nationally on test scores there's just something not right about you. Is it your GPA? It can't be. You're on the A honor roll every time.
In the end you'll never know and that is fine because the school you might have attended has changed into something it was never intended to be.
Land grant university or something else? The Great Emancipator rolls in his grave.
On the plus side the U of MN gets billions of dollars in state funding and keeps the washout money too. Win-win.
>Beware of being penalized for trying. Is that a lesson you will teach your kids?
Life is going to teach it one way or another, and Picard's words stand even more true as I enter my 30's as they were back when I was an angsty 14YO just trying to stay with my friends before Mom's job forces her out of state... again. Took me a while to realize I wasn't being punished for not studying enough and that this was simply a factor of life I had no control over.
>Try on some shoes.... Imagine putting 30 years of high taxes into a state as a high earner and business owner (that's me). Then imagine that your almamater doesn't accept your kid when your kid is, in fact, a lot smarter than you and has accomplished a lot more than you did by his age.
Well, that's the whole point. The establishment doesn't want smart kids that will challenge their kids who got their papers and position through connections. They want someone who will be happy being rank-and-file for their entire life. Ideally, with no ambition to have a family and raise kids, so they can work for peanuts as well. This is frightening, but it seems to be the way America is headed.
That said, there are states that value small business owners more, and have policies aligning better with them. As the saying goes, you need to vote with your feet.
EDIT:
I hope this never happens to your kids. Beware of being penalized for trying. Is that a lesson you will teach your kids?
I'm not "bummed". Read my post with anger.
U of MN was not his first choice. It was _fallback_.
Try on some shoes.... Imagine putting 30 years of high taxes into a state as a high earner and business owner (that's me). Then imagine that your almamater doesn't accept your kid when your kid is, in fact, a lot smarter than you and has accomplished a lot more than you did by his age.
Then imagine being that kid and being taught by the State that, while you are in the top 95th (99th) percentile nationally on test scores there's just something not right about you. Is it your GPA? It can't be. You're on the A honor roll every time.
In the end you'll never know and that is fine because the school you might have attended has changed into something it was never intended to be.
Land grant university or something else? The Great Emancipator rolls in his grave.
On the plus side the U of MN gets billions of dollars in state funding and keeps the washout money too. Win-win.