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Many parents perceive that their community values extrinsic markers like rankings and elite brand names even if they do not.
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For students choosing college, it takes a village to avoid the ‘Prestige Trap’
It was a December morning in Northern California – warm yet grey, as if ambivalent about whether it belonged to fall or winter. Cara, a senior in high school, sat across from me at the small table in her living room.