From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:23:37 -0500, legg  wrote:   
      
   >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   
      
   My dad was a milkman. My mom was a cafeteria worker. I got a full   
   scholarship to Tulane.   
      
      
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