From: legg@nospam.magma.ca   
      
   On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 12:47:59 -0700, Don Y    
   wrote:   
      
   >> "Pre-college preparation - most high school grads in US don't have enough of   
   >> basics to do well day 1. This is especially the case when you goto a lower   
   >> ranked school. Engineering is hard everywhere, you can literally not read   
   your   
   >> psychology textbook and get a B."   
   >   
   >50% of "high school grads" are "below average".  So, going from that   
   >to "most" isn't even a hop/skip/jump.   
   >   
   >And, if you're targeting a "lower ranked school", it's *almost*   
   >an admission that you don't have what it takes to get into a better   
   >school.   
      
      
      
   . . . or that your parents didn't have the dough to live in   
   the 'right' area.   
      
   RL   
      
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