There is a plethora of codswallop here for sure. |
Although it’s possible that with TO going away (thankfully), there will be room for more 34+/1500+ kids. In the TO classes, at least 25% didn’t have this. |
Characterizing this person as "another stupid mom" is sexist. FYI |
Agree. Who knows but I wish my 1500+ kid wasn’t applying in TO environment this year. |
But schools are not going to stop admitting hooked kids. TO allowed those kids' scores not be included in the school's stats. We are just going back to pre-2019 admissions and you will see the averages go down by 50-100 points (look at the CDS for school pre-covid/TO)! |
I forgot to add that schools like Dartmouth, Yale, and Brown stated on the record that they are requiring scores to find the 1400s 1st gen/Pell/URM/rural kids. They don't care that their average SAT scores decrease, and an added benefit is fewer applications, which makes admissions more manageable on their end. |
Living here, reading these forums, learning how little you all value real learning ... I am eternally grateful for my bright slacker kid, who will be going to a T50-plus school with merit and never have to play stupid reindeer games with yours. |
What are "reindeer games"? Is it anything to do with Baby Reindeer? |
No. Did you have a brain tumor for breakfast or something? |
I just had a few brain tumors removed, actually. But I don't think that has any relation to the question. I genuinely don't know what "reindeer games" are. |
. If only there were some quick and easy way to look up unfamiliar words and phrases… |
What does it mean to play Reindeer Games?
These games, while allusive, are fun-spirited, whereas the phrase reindeer games took on a snarkier tone in mainstream culture as a term for the cruel or bullying actions popular in-groups used to exclude outsiders. |
Thank you! |
7th verse of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.... All of the other reindeer Used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Rudolph Join in any reindeer games |
If your kid's application looks like everyone else's from their high school then you are missing the bigger picture. TO isn't your problem. Being ordinary (in the context of your high school) is the problem. The admissions officer can randomly select any one of your kid's classmates. They don't even need to look at the stats. |