I don't agree. Who said kids going to Havard can not be happy kids? The truth is you got to have that ability make yourself outstanding. I could not see there's anything to do with happiness. If you don't have that ability, just join an ordinary university. Take it and enjoy it. Setting a high goal, try it and you won't regret.
纽约时报<New York Times>上四月八日才有一篇：<High Anxiety of Getting Into College>。 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/08wecol.html
商业周刊<Business Week>最近一期四月十六日也有一篇： <The College Crunch: Why Getting In Has Gotten So Tough> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_16/b4030065.htm?chan=search
This is my own experience: undergrad at a small liberal art college after rejection by both MIT and Caltech. Started graduate school at Caltech and quit after two years. Then changed mind and received Ph. D. from UBC in vancouver. Now working for Oxford University as a postdoc. So without an Ivy League education, one can still survive.
