My condolences for your college tour trip. Seems as if things have only gotten worse. 25 years ago, I was in your shoes with my brilliant daughter - valedictorian of a “rigorous” private high school, 1600 SAT, 36 ACT, concert pianist, and writer of an essay about the math hidden in music. When we visited UN… er, a prestigious state university in North Carolina, we were told she was not competitive for any scholarships and may not even get admitted unless she “started a soup kitchen in Africa. W…