New "Dream Schools" from Selingo's new book ...

[Anonymous]

I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

I’m so curious. What school does his kids attend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

I’m so curious. What school does his kids attend?

yes, do tell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

I’m so curious. What school does his kids attend?

Sorry, I don’t feel comfortable sharing this info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

I’m so curious. What school does his kids attend?

Sorry, I don’t feel comfortable sharing this info.

OK - can you at least tell us what school your kids attend? 😁

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UCs out of state are not affordable or worth the cost.

And UC San Diego and UC Davis are actually very hard to get into if you are from a wealthy, white/asian super high performing zip code.

So....who are they actually admitting at UCSD and UCD?

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Anonymous wrote:How is UCSD on this list? It is ranked #29 in US News — ahead of NYU, U Florida, Georgia Tech, UT Austin, Boston College.

My oldest goes there and the year she was admitted they had a 32% acceptance rate from out of state. So easier to get into than the other places you mention. The list is based in part on higher acceptance rates then the campuses we talk about here all the time.

Book should be 'dream' colleges vs 'dcum' colleges. Big difference. Get out more, parents.

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Anonymous wrote:People here are horrible. I'm a Harvard grad, my husband is U Penn. While my son is a great kid, he is not going to make either of those schools - he's a likely or target at somewhere like UIUC, which is discussed in the book and would be a potential good fit for him. Does that mean he's worthless as a person, by DCUM?

Not to flagship grads like me. My grandpa was a UIUC PhD with a distinguished engineering career in defense and health care R&D. He met my grandma there. She was the daughter of a Hopkins grad who moved to Urbana to be a medical professor at UIUC. Flagships are full of talent. I went to flagships and my oldest is at my grad alma mater flagship. Just for laughs....

https://www.reddit.com/r/Harvard/comments/1g7jz5k/the_michigan_of_the_east/

UIUC ❤️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this basically a list of very solid colleges and universities that aren't super selective or very expensive?

I went to one of the hidden value colleges. It’s about $85k right now for Tuition and Housing. It’s considered moderately selective. I liked it.

[Anonymous]

OK - can you at least tell us what school your kids attend? 😁

Np. Likely a school where typically 40+ % go on to a top 25 college/university. So his familiarity with parent focus on that list is well earned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

OK - can you at least tell us what school your kids attend? 😁

Np. Likely a school where typically 40+ % go on to a top 25 college/university. So his familiarity with parent focus on that list is well earned.

That’s right. But that’s it will be interesting to see if his kids end up going to the same top 25 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

lol this sounds like another admissions author who is a college counselor at an exclusive and expensive private school. He says there is no need for private IECs, but his school (where he is the head of college counseking) makes sure that every student is helped to crazy lengths — says so on their website. Such a hypocrite!

Please let us know where his kids end up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

lol this sounds like another admissions author who is a college counselor at an exclusive and expensive private school. He says there is no need for private IECs, but his school (where he is the head of college counseking) makes sure that every student is helped to crazy lengths — says so on their website. Such a hypocrite!

Please let us know where his kids end up!

PP again. We will find out in a couple of years.

[Anonymous]

Why are so many people triggered by the idea of someone discussing the criteria of choosing a college that's a good fit (in many ways) where they can be happy and successful and then giving examples of colleges and universities that are likely to meet this criteria for many people for the reasons given?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am almost done with the book. Who knew that one can sell a book based on common sense and anecdotes dressed up as representative data? The author’s kids attend the same school as mine. Let’s see if they go to one of his “dream schools”.

I’m so curious. What school does his kids attend?

Sorry, I don’t feel comfortable sharing this info.

So willing to take anonymous shots and drag minors into it but not willing to back it up? That tells me a lot about you and the school you chose for your kids.