Did you bother reading the article or any part of it at all? This is not a kid who has "not done well at all," he has done spectacularly well in difficult courses like organic chemistry and calculus, and has a very high score on his SAT.
So what does this tell our kids? What does it tell us as parent’s?
It tells your kids two things: first, if they want to get into Amherst they'd better take chemistry and calculus, and second, that when they write their application essays they should take care not to use apostrophes the way their father does. ;-)
Just like our representatives in Congress are ignoring us the higher education elitist are ignoring our kids. Question: did any of us receive any help financially or otherwise? no!
I don't know what you're talking about. If you didn't receive any help to go to college, why on earth not? There are many federal and state financial aid programs available for students of all economic backgrounds. I got scholarships, loans, grants, and work-study assistance when I wanted to go to college and now my child is getting the same, even though we're not poor. If your child wants to go to college, even if he's not a 4.0 student, there are plenty of opportunities, and no excuses possible.
Are we as mad as hell? yes! They are not playing fair and neither should we!
In what way, exactly, are you proposing that we should "not play fair"?
I don't think that's what the article is saying at all. The schools seem to be looking for kids who worked hard, and given the constraints of the schools they attended, still did well on the SAT.