Editing Your College Child's Essay

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I dropped my child off for freshman year this week. The University President said..Even if you helped your child with their essay..you did not trick us into accepting a student that was not qualified. We know who will be successful here... I thought of this thread immediately.

Can you reveal which college this is so that I can sure no one in my family attends there? I’m not saying he is not correct, it is just a very lousy petulant thing to say.

+1 It's a really dumb thing to say. The University President isn't omniscient.

Not surprisingly, PP refuses to say where it is.

pet·u·lant
?peCH?l?nt/
adjective
adjective: petulant
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
"he was moody and petulant"
synonyms:
peevish, bad-tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, sulky, snappish, crotchety, touchy, tetchy, testy, fractious, grumpy, disgruntled, crabby;


How does that word even make sense? Sounds like he was encouraging parents not to worry as they dropped their kids off. They would be fine at college. He was not saying it to a group that was about to apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dropped my child off for freshman year this week. The University President said..Even if you helped your child with their essay..you did not trick us into accepting a student that was not qualified. We know who will be successful here... I thought of this thread immediately.

Can you reveal which college this is so that I can sure no one in my family attends there? I’m not saying he is not correct, it is just a very lousy petulant thing to say.

+1 It's a really dumb thing to say. The University President isn't omniscient.

Not surprisingly, PP refuses to say where it is.

pet·u·lant
?peCH?l?nt/
adjective
adjective: petulant
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
"he was moody and petulant"
synonyms:
peevish, bad-tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, sulky, snappish, crotchety, touchy, tetchy, testy, fractious, grumpy, disgruntled, crabby;


How does that word even make sense? Sounds like he was encouraging parents not to worry as they dropped their kids off. They would be fine at college. He was not saying it to a group that was about to apply.

Petulant is the exact word. All of those synonyms fit IMHO. No call for any negativity, accusation or insult at what should be a happy and bittersweet day.

Can you tell us where this was said please? I am not the person who insulted your grammar.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dropped my child off for freshman year this week. The University President said..Even if you helped your child with their essay..you did not trick us into accepting a student that was not qualified. We know who will be successful here... I thought of this thread immediately.

Can you reveal which college this is so that I can sure no one in my family attends there? I’m not saying he is not correct, it is just a very lousy petulant thing to say.

+1 It's a really dumb thing to say. The University President isn't omniscient.

Not surprisingly, PP refuses to say where it is.

pet·u·lant
?peCH?l?nt/
adjective
adjective: petulant
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
"he was moody and petulant"
synonyms:
peevish, bad-tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, sulky, snappish, crotchety, touchy, tetchy, testy, fractious, grumpy, disgruntled, crabby;


How does that word even make sense? Sounds like he was encouraging parents not to worry as they dropped their kids off. They would be fine at college. He was not saying it to a group that was about to apply.

Petulant is the exact word. All of those synonyms fit IMHO. No call for any negativity, accusation or insult at what should be a happy and bittersweet day.

Can you tell us where this was said please? I am not the person who insulted your grammar.

I was not the person who posted it. I am just surprised at the reactions as I don't see it as negative at all. I also don't think it is wrong for a parent to give an essay a second read before it goes out.

[Anonymous]

Cheaters are patently transparent to admissions officers and they get rejected. So enable such cheating at your own peril.

[Anonymous]

Our DS is not very open to our input anyway. We asked to see what he has done so far and he begrudgingly shares but shuts us down if we want to give input. So we asked him if he would share with a friend who is a good writer and college law professor. He was more open to that and shared what he had done so far with her. I was relieved when my DH shared this email exchange with me lol:

From: Tracy
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 6:48 PM
To: Dave
Subject: Re: [External] All is well

He is very good at what he is supposed to be doing - producing wonderful stuff for his applications & grunting at you.

Your heart should swell with pride - seriously.

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 3:53 PM Dave wrote:

Thanks – since he only communicates to me with grunts it’s hard to tell -?

Seriously – thank you

Dave


From: Tracy
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2018 at 3:47 PM
To: Dave
Subject: [External] All is well

Just checking in to let you know that all is going really well with your fab son!

Push pause on the worry list and have a good weekend!

Tracy

[Anonymous]

I have a friend who is making $$$ writing college application essays. Cheating is rampant. No wonder our DC/Wall Street culture is what it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cheaters are patently transparent to admissions officers and they get rejected. So enable such cheating at your own peril.

This is true. I have first hand experience.