Let naive family waste $1000 on apps to elite colleges or set them straight before flying out?
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Anonymous
lets call this for what it is. geographic affirmative action. and it needs to go away. |
Anonymous
| Your guidance will not be appreciated. Let it go and wait for March results. |
Anonymous
| I think at best you can suggest schools you think would be a good fit for her personality and stats, especially if they are schools the family might not be familiar with. |
Anonymous
| "Not a national merit semifinalist" = "mediocre"? |
Anonymous
+1 Just throw in a few schools that you think would be a good fit for her and that she has a decent chance of getting into. If they are spending $1000 on apps they might have some safety schools included in the mix already. |
Anonymous
Apparently if you are not in the top one half of one percent of PSAT takers, you are mediocre nowadays. Who knew? |
Anonymous
Where did OP say the girl lives in a geographically diverse state? I must have missed that. |
Anonymous
FYI...The girl lives in Pennsylvania |
Anonymous
I think op was just trying to clarify that the girl's scores would not qualify her for Harvard. I assume, along with op, that a Harvard admit would have scores high enough for National Merit finalist status. That was true even way back when I was applying, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. |
Anonymous
| It doesn't hurt anything for her to apply. It would likely hurt a lot for you to discourage her. |
Anonymous
| Why do you care? could be a good lesson for the child either way ... leave it alone. Not your money, your kid, or your business. |
Anonymous
| You sound jealous. Kind of like you think she won't get in, but you're sweating the slight chance she will. The issues here are deeper than just the applications, I dare say. |
Anonymous
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I have a son with mostly As and a few Bs. His SAT scores were good, but not spectacular.
He played football all 4 years and did no other extracurriculars. I can't tell you how many people in the past six months, when talking to him about college, told him how "uninteresting" he was. It's an incredibly hurtful thing to say to a teen. And mean. Cruel. Mind your business. The kid will find his way like every other kid, without your "help". |
Anonymous
| As long as she has a safety school in there that she would be happy attending, it's their money to spend on application fees. |
Anonymous
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OP's heart is in the right place; even one app fee of $100 is a lot of money to most families. 7 in 10 American families don't have $1000 to blow: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2016/10/09/savings-study/91083712/
That said, they won't listen to you. Stupid is as stupid does. |