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Is my DC hosed b/c of my negative DCUM comment?
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Anonymous
| If they didn't see you post it who cares? If the confront you about act crazy and paranoid doesn't seem like it would be a problem. |
Anonymous
This was my post and I didn't write the star-fu@ker follow-up. Although I have to admit that PP has a point. I'd say, no more cattle calls. No more bored-seeming ADs who make your family feel like dirt (and amazingly, our DC did get into that particular top 3 school, so this isn't sour grapes). No more asking where the parents went to college, either on the application form or during the interview. I know it can be a thankless job, with tons of aggressive, anxious and/or a$$-kissing parents. And I know that some schools face too many applicants. But the cattle call just exacerbates the aforementioned parental anxiety and isn't a helpful solution -- maybe admissions think its a solution if the sole goal of the cattle call is to free up the admission office's time to they only have to deal with a handful of interview days, however that wouldn't seem a priority to the rest of us. People who are vulnerable deserve to be treated with respect. Pretend to be interested, for heavens sake. You're getting paid to do this. |
Anonymous
| 12:13 - Sorry for the typos and missing possessives in my post. Multitasking. |
Anonymous
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I wish they'd be straight about test scores. At an open house, Sidwell said they didn't have a cutoff for SSAT scores. Well they effectively do for certain applicants but of course will make accommodations for others. So why not answer our questions honestyly? I also hate the false waitlist game several schools apparently play. Hey AD! If you put my child's applicant on your waitlist, please respond to my followup emails. Evaluating parents is just unfair, it smacks of a hybrid application, part school, part country club. The funny thing is the next generation of stars is more likely to come from homes like ours, successful but not star-power parents. The children of superstars tend to grow up with complexes about making it in life. Food for thought.
OP, I bet your post didn't identify you as much as you believe. |
Anonymous
| Washington International School has the most pleasant, thoughtful and thorough admissions team, at least in the upper school. |
Anonymous
| This is a silly post. OP has a child rejected from a school, complains about the school on the blog, and now wants to reapply to the school. While I hope the admissions people would not take the time to connect all the dots, the OP should not expect a favorable reply. I have no issues with schools interviewing the parents, in effect. No school wants overly aggressive parents |
Anonymous
I agree. |
Anonymous
| Lots of schools want overly aggressive parents. They just don't want that aggression directed toward the school, LOL! |
Anonymous
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And re "starfuckers" (ick) isn't that a two-way street? The same folks accusing various schools of this behavior want in -- because the schools themselves have acquired cachet (in part because of this practice) and/or because they are seen as providing social access to these folks.
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Anonymous
| Uh, interviewing parents is one thing, going for star-power parents another. No, it's not a two-way street. The schools have all the power. |
Anonymous
You're underestimating yourself. Parents have all the power -- if you don't like how a particular school is run, choose a different school. DC/MD/VA is lucky to have dozens of incredible schools of all shapes and sizes. |
Anonymous
And if this were true, how different is your motivation from the schools/? They want parent they perceive as high-powered. You want a school you perceive as high-powered. And, odds are, your perception of how high-powered the school is depends (directly or indirectly) on how many "stars" the school has regular intercourse with. |
Anonymous
Excellent point--most people on this board are not applying to no-name schools with no-name parents. Instead, most are clamoring for the Big 3.
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Anonymous
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When we applied to several select schools, the last thing on our minds was the celebrity parent quotient. In fact I found it quite gauche when one AD namedropped several times during our interview.
I find it strange when posters think they can read minds. |
Anonymous
| I have to agree with PP. Celebrity quotient never entered my mind when DC applied to the Big 3, and it wasn't a factor when we decided which of the three offers to accept. If anything, a high celebrity quotient -- or, rather, the impression that the school caters especially to high-powered parents, as I feel one of the Big 3 does more than the other two -- would be a minus. |