Magnet High School Junior

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just horrifying.

Thank you for saying this. Totally agree!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just horrifying.

Thank you for saying this. Totally agree!!!

Why? This is reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just horrifying.

Thank you for saying this. Totally agree!!!

Why? This is reality.

It's a twisted version of reality. Encouraging kids to outright lie on their college applications is some kind of trolling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is in an MCPS magnet school. He has many AP's (4,5), highest weighted GPA and 4.0UW, taking the most rigorous math courses ( he was done with core math requirements by 9th grade) and now taking rigorous electives from 10th grade. He has math school leadership roles as well as teaches in the community and his church. For ECA's, playing piano and won awards and performed at major events. He is very interested in the top schools such as MIT and Princeton for math. He understands and we understand that these are reach schools, but coming from a magnet school where so many kids are strong and have excellent stats, what can he do to improve his chances? As parents, we want to make sure we are doing whatever possible for him.

Speaking as a magnet parents, GPA is so inflated in MCPS now that 20-30% magnet kids have a 4.0 unweighted GPA. To make your DC stand out, he has to won at least one award at national level or get endorsement from a teacher, counselor, or even the principal. A kid went to Princeton two years ago publish more than one research paper.
Your DC has also to learn how to present himself as a leader in his EC activities, such as “I” started this club although the club may have existed for years. (It was a lie but the AOs in college don’t have time to verify.
Maybe fly an airplane to Ukraine.

This is not accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just horrifying.

Thank you for saying this. Totally agree!!!

Why? This is reality.

It's a twisted version of reality. Encouraging kids to outright lie on their college applications is some kind of trolling.

Lie? Where? Who said?

[Anonymous]

Apply to some of the math summer programs listed in this MIT blog. Even doing the application, if he does it alone, will be helpful because he will get practice in writing essays and the math problems are fun and challenging. And if he attends, he will get a bit of a boost on application and more insight into what kind of school will be a fit for him.
https://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/summer/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just horrifying.

+1

WTH are we doing to our kids?!?! This is nuts!

[Anonymous]

For those of you lying, your DC should turn down the alumni interview. I google afterward. I report when nothing matches up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you lying, your DC should turn down the alumni interview. I google afterward. I report when nothing matches up.

Three unconnected sentences. WTF are you talking about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is just horrifying.

Thank you for saying this. Totally agree!!!

Why? This is reality.

Yeah, it does seem that way.

My neighbor pretends that her daughter runs a completely ‘student-run’ charity. Her kid is at a Magnet MCPS also. The mom does ALL of the work. I know because my kid has earned SSL hours with this organization and all communication is through the mom.

It’s crazy that she can claim this as ‘her project’. The mom has ensured media coverage, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you lying, your DC should turn down the alumni interview. I google afterward. I report when nothing matches up.

I don’t think they see it as lying. More like stretching the truth.

The parents just ‘help’ by hiring consultants, etc. And if you Google after the interview, there WILL be articles available.

The parents are smart and know how to play the game.

[Anonymous]

LOL. Alumni interviewer googles afterwords. If they can get their head out of their a$$es, sure!

BTW - You can also pay people to create websites for your kid and their fake charity work. The private college counselors have other students in other states and countries and they can help you to open "chapters" of fake charity or outreach organizations in your organizations.

Have you heard of the fake websites where you can get your kids work pubished on Humanities and STEM? Yes, this can also get outsourced. So if the alum interviewer "googles" your kid, he will get the fake news that you create.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apply to some of the math summer programs listed in this MIT blog. Even doing the application, if he does it alone, will be helpful because he will get practice in writing essays and the math problems are fun and challenging. And if he attends, he will get a bit of a boost on application and more insight into what kind of school will be a fit for him.
https://mitadmissions.org/apply/prepare/summer/

MIT gives zero shitz about someone doing summer program with them. ZERO. Please don't give wrong info. There is not too much more your kid can do, since he is already excelling. But since a lot of info has been given, you as a parent need to play this game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you lying, your DC should turn down the alumni interview. I google afterward. I report when nothing matches up.

No body cares about Tulane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DC is in an MCPS magnet school. He has many AP's (4,5), highest weighted GPA and 4.0UW, taking the most rigorous math courses ( he was done with core math requirements by 9th grade) and now taking rigorous electives from 10th grade. He has math school leadership roles as well as teaches in the community and his church. For ECA's, playing piano and won awards and performed at major events. He is very interested in the top schools such as MIT and Princeton for math. He understands and we understand that these are reach schools, but coming from a magnet school where so many kids are strong and have excellent stats, what can he do to improve his chances? As parents, we want to make sure we are doing whatever possible for him.

You didn't share your ethnicity.. Here's what I'd do. Research all the kids from this area that map to your DC's ethnicity/gender that got into MIT, Stanford or wherever he wants to attend. Find out what they did? Most leave an electronic trail through websites, awards, scholarships, etc. If you know any of those families, reach out to them and find out what they did. Even if you dont' know them and they are the same ethnicity, reach out to them. They may be able to help.

The digital trail is curated except when it is news. They might win a prize (and that is reported in a website), but they outsourced their work that got them the prize (and that is not reported).