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My daughter attends Cornell in the ALS college and is a bio major with a focus on ecology and evolutionary biology. Academically, she had top but not perfect grades, high but not perfect SAT and ACT scores, not more than a half dozen AP courses, took the highest biology offered at her private HS (with several bio department prizes) and took the higher intro/AP physics and chem classes (she didn’t go any further in these subjects though offered). She is an excellent (top 1%) writer.She was involved in a club for junior birders through Mass Audubon since seventh grade that included school year activities and a summer camp she attended through 9th grade. She attended another Audubon bird camp on Hog Island in Maine in tenth grade. She played trumpet from fourth grade with private lessons and was in band from fourth grade and jazz band from seventh grade, and orchestra from tenth grade. She also sang in chorus for one year and took the higher level music theory and a music composition class in HS.At Cornell she lived in Eco house (a residential life dorm and program house), is involved with the raptor program, on Team Redhead (the student birders), and plays trumpet in marching band. She is considering a minor in creative writing. She’s a perfect fit with her college and studies it was obvious from her application.Of her friends, all of whom have similar backgrounds and high school success, three are at Ivies. One attends Dartmouth (studying biology, played clarinet in HS and had slightly higher grades) and one attends MIT (studying biology, not a musician but comes from a ranching background in Nevada; her brother died of cancer so a strong interest in cancer research). I would say that studies came easier for both of them than to my daughter. The third friend is several years older and they met through the HS music program; she attends Columbia (music major - if there are several areas I’m not sure which). She was one of the top musicians in the HS program (she played several instruments, including piano, organ, and classical guitar). At Columbia she intended to major in biology but eventually switched to music and I believe as a senior conducted and arranged music for the student Pops ensemble.Her siblings don’t attend Ivies (no interest - one is at a Big 10 school and one at a women’s college). Her sister’s good friend attends Princeton in CS. He was described by my daughters and my husband (who was his teacher) as likely the smartest person they’ve met in HS. My take away is that he had the highest grades and test scores as well. I have no idea what his extracurricular life was like (except for social life with my daughter - was not in band but might have been in orchestra?).Of these four Ivy and one Ivy plus students, four are white and one is Asian, two are male and three are female. One is a legacy (my daughter). Two I know were admitted ED (my daughter, and her friend at MIT). Princeton and Dartmouth were admitted RD so might well have been deferred from there or elsewhere ED. I’m not sure about Columbia. None are from families who are major donors to the school they attend. None are attending school in their home state.

From a teacher’s perspective, the state generally sets the curriculum frameworks, which are standards that a teacher must get their students to achieve those established standards. However, there are also additional national standards that are set by various entities. For example, national music standards are set by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is an additional set of standards that came from an act at the state level even though there was some federal influence (Source: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/16/feds-admit-u-s-education-department-forced-states-accept-common-core-start/). Common Core has not worked in my classroom based on my data.Knowing this information, the various levels establish the standards of what is to be taught in public schools. So, we are taught useless things in public schools because of the control that the state, national, and the federal level has on our public education system. In this top-down approach, the higher levels set the standards, teachers teach the standards to our students, and students try to achieve those standards. If the state and higher levels were to recommend standards that would be of greater importance (e.g., real life skills, etc.), then we would see that coming from the top for teachers to teach to our students. For those dissenters, real life skills are those skills that are not currently taught in schools but are essential to survive in our society. I would suggest these skills to be taught at the high school level, which this is just a sample list:1. How to buy a car2. How to buy a house3. How to balance a checkbook4. How to fill out and pay your taxes (both EZ and long form)5. How to sign your name in cursive for signatures (schools used to teach this en masse, but has diminished over the years)6. How to properly take care of yourself7. How to succeed in job interviews (colleges provide this service, but does not teach it in classrooms—my college did not teach it)8. How to write a successful resume and cover letter (colleges also provide this service, but does not teach it in classrooms)9. How to be able to search for careers if one does not work, and to receive the proper training to succeed10. How to budget money and plan accordingly (the military taught me this skill)11. How to cook (Home Economics used to be a norm in schools)12. How to be able to detect fraud, waste, and abuse13. How to detect scams, spoof e-mail, and how to report it14. How to have proper character and professionalism through character training (this would need to be taught throughout the school years)15. How to have proper ethical character and integrity16. How to fix and troubleshoot things

From a teacher’s perspective, the state generally sets the curriculum frameworks, which are standards that a teacher must get their students to achieve those established standards. However, there are also additional national standards that are set by various entities. For example, national music standards are set by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is an additional set of standards that came from an act at the state level even though there was some federal influence (Source: Feds Admit U.S. Education Department ‘Forced’ States To Accept Common Core From Its Start - Breitbart). Common Core has not worked in my classroom based on my data.Knowing this information, the various levels establish the standards of what is to be taught in public schools. So, we are taught useless things in public schools because of the control that the state, national, and the federal level has on our public education system. In this top-down approach, the higher levels set the standards, teachers teach the standards to our students, and students try to achieve those standards. If the state and higher levels were to recommend standards that would be of greater importance (e.g., real life skills, etc.), then we would see that coming from the top for teachers to teach to our students. For those dissenters, real life skills are those skills that are not currently taught in schools but are essential to survive in our society. I would suggest these skills to be taught at the high school level, which this is just a sample list:1. How to buy a car2. How to buy a house3. How to balance a checkbook4. How to fill out and pay your taxes (both EZ and long form)5. How to sign your name in cursive for signatures (schools used to teach this en masse, but has diminished over the years)6. How to properly take care of yourself7. How to succeed in job interviews (colleges provide this service, but does not teach it in classrooms—my college did not teach it)8. How to write a successful resume and cover letter (colleges also provide this service, but does not teach it in classrooms)9. How to be able to search for careers if one does not work, and to receive the proper training to succeed10. How to budget money and plan accordingly (the military taught me this skill)11. How to cook (Home Economics used to be a norm in schools)12. How to be able to detect fraud, waste, and abuse13. How to detect scams, spoof e-mail, and how to report it14. How to have proper character and professionalism through character training (this would need to be taught throughout the school years)15. How to have proper ethical character and integrity16. How to fix and troubleshoot things