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You must have gone to a pretty good school district because the school district I was in was so bad many elite schools told us not to bother even if you were va
by djb_hackernews 10y ago
You must have gone to a pretty good school district because the school district I was in was so bad many elite schools told us not to bother even if you were valedictorian. The quality of education couldn't be trusted to indicate possible future success at their institutions.
- nlh 10y agoThat's interesting - never heard anything like that. Where did you go to high school? The idea of elite schools saying not to bother doesn't sit right with me - a lot of the top schools pride themselves on finding diamonds in the rough, and that would run counter to that.