Do you think it will be good if their peasant-nature were pointed out to them?
Ironically, this actually happens in schools all over the US. Guidance councilors at high schools are measured (there’s Goodhart’s Law again) by the college acceptance rate of their students. Thus, they have a strong incentive to direct the students who ask them about college choice to lower ranked colleges that are easier to get into.
I have a lot of friends from Prestigious U’s, and a huge number of them told me that their councilor tried to dissuade them from applying to the college they ended up graduating from.
I have a lot of friends from Prestigious U’s, and a huge number of them told me that their councilor tried to dissuade them from applying to the college they ended up graduating from.
A classic case of selection bias, isn’t it? :-)
But as far as I know, the common practice for a high school senior is to have one or two “reach” schools (say, a couple of Ivies), one or two “safety” schools (say, the local state college), and the rest being reasonably well matched to the SAT/GPA/general cuteness.
Ironically, this actually happens in schools all over the US. Guidance councilors at high schools are measured (there’s Goodhart’s Law again) by the college acceptance rate of their students. Thus, they have a strong incentive to direct the students who ask them about college choice to lower ranked colleges that are easier to get into.
I have a lot of friends from Prestigious U’s, and a huge number of them told me that their councilor tried to dissuade them from applying to the college they ended up graduating from.
A classic case of selection bias, isn’t it? :-)
But as far as I know, the common practice for a high school senior is to have one or two “reach” schools (say, a couple of Ivies), one or two “safety” schools (say, the local state college), and the rest being reasonably well matched to the SAT/GPA/general cuteness.