So proud of the seniors in my life!

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Anonymous wrote:Super weird and tone deaf post. I would ask to have it removed, OP.

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I think OP has confused DCUM with Facebook.

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Get you own life, my goodness.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m proud of my underachiever. He’s struggled through high school and this year in particular with depression and mental illness. He is amazingly smart, kind and witty, none of which is reflected in his GPA.

He will go to a state school, and has plans for his life. He’s come so far even/especially in the last six months.

We are in the same boat. I am proud of my hard working kid, who hasn’t had an easy road. Depression, anxiety, and dismal grades (despite hard work). I believe my kid will change the world but it won’t be via an Ivy or even a top 100 college.

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God, y'all are salty.
OP, it's really cool to see high school seniors go on to college, and you have evey right to be proud of the ones in your life. I got misty eyed every year of the final band performance when the high school did a slide show of where the band seniors were headed.

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OP sounds drunk.

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Odds are Op’s kid won’t get into those super fancy schools she covets. Because odds are most qualified people don’t get in.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t you special. Another DCUM parent whose little Larla is going to change the world.

And evidently mine isn't, because he's getting deferred from everywhere, including a school barely in the top 100. He works just as hard as your junior and her friends--actually, it sounds like he may have worked even harder. Doesn't work out for everyone.

Parent of senior and I’ve heard that deferrals are up, and that it’s a long game this year as many schools are waiting to admit after the see what happen with enrollment this next semester. Please don’t use faith yet. Rooting for your son!

Thanks to you and the PP! I was warned by college counselor that this one school tends to defer a lot of kids like my son (bad sophomore year, strong trajectory since) but then admit (in Naviance, there's like one rejection and all acceptances from his school), but it was a shock nonetheless. I thought it was a safety. His other safety is a rolling admission and he hasn't heard anything in over 6 weeks. It's just much more stressful than I thought it would be. Meanwhile, my son's younger brother is constantly announcing all the acceptances of his classmates that he sees on social media. Not in front of him, but I know he must be seeing them too and feeling awful about it. Just a very miserable week. I know life could be a lot worse, but this stinks! And, just like OP's hard-working friends, he deserves good news!

I get it. It’s been very hard for the seniors, and there is something special about this group as a whole. Just take good care of yourself this week. I’m sure good news is coming. Be sure to report back. ((Hugs))

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Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a junior. Overachiever but not intensely so. Just passionate and hardworking. She has a lot of friends who are seniors and very similar to her. They’ve gotten into some amazing colleges over the past few days. I’m talking ivies and other t20. Of course some have not and they are equally brilliant and deserving but this has given me hope in the process. These are just really smart public school kids who work crazy hard. They weren’t starting companies or winning dozens of national awards just getting good grades and doing what they’re passionate about. Just like all the “experts” say is the key even though none of us really buy it. I don’t know a lot of people who went to really fancy colleges but my perception has always been that they’re stuffy and elitist but have a magic to them and provide amazing opportunities. I’m so proud of these kids who I’ve seen work so hard for so long and are now being rewarded with the opportunity to change the world. The process worked for them this week .

This is a really strange post.

Yeah, but there are so many weird posts on this forum. To me, the most bizarre are the bitter "Why are you paying for your kid to go to a private college?" posts. Or "Kids who go to SLACs are losers." Or "English majors all end up drinking Woolite in the gutter." Those posters seems to have suffered some serious emotional damage in their lives.

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Anonymous wrote:OP sounds drunk.

Bingo