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First, USA is by large not the most "studying" culture. Second, the goal is not so much A's and B's in school as entering the high education.


but getting into college isn't hard either. Unless you are shooting for Harvard it's just not. They are businesses that like to make money. They want to take your money.


Too many people aiming for Harvard leads to:

- Students trying to jump over their own heads

- They not getting in anyway and feeling like losers for the rest of their lives

- Actual Havard alumnis feeling wrongfully entitled

Bad, bad, bad, but that's where society aims.




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