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I thought when people talked about this kind of thing, they were being ridiculously hyperbolic.

They are. This article is literally hyperbolic about parents being slow to get emails that their kid is special

Those slow notifications actually affected college admissions process for the kids. Read the last paragraph:

"On Monday, December 12, after getting caught, Kosatka sent an email to the parents of Commended Students, notifying them of the “important recognition” and saying, “We are deeply sorry” for not sharing the news earlier. He claimed school officials would contact college admissions offices to correct the record."

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