sidwell's acceptances extremely impressive

[Anonymous]

This isn't your neighborhood listserve, "Academic" OP (nothing academic about your posts!).

If you can't back up your claim, you have no place on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you can't waltz in here and use words like "extremely impressive" when you're talking about schools. It's just not done and makes you look stupid. People have strong feelings about certain schools and colleges, and if you wish point out praiseworthy achievements, you've got to be convincingly factual and more specific. What kind of academic are you that you can't make that effort to look objective? The words you use are way too subjective - you look like the moronic realtors on the Real Estate forum that post about their listings in first-degree, glowing terms, while pretending to be buyers.

Again, you need numbers and match-school comparisons in order to conclude what you did. Otherwise it's just hot air and people are going to tear you apart.

OP here. You're right. How DARE I congratulate a bunch of 18-year olds on getting into "great" schools after a bunch of people tried to tear down their achievements. As an academic, I should know that I am not allowed to be "impressed" or use any subjective qualifiers when describing anything. I'll make sure I don't tell my kids they did a "great job" making dinner unless I compare it to a Michelin star restaurant or without sampling other kids' cooking first. My daughter is in a play next week and I'll hold back on any comments about her performance until I go to other high schools to see how good she is relative to other teenagers...I wouldn't want my praise to look "stupid."

I'm not sure why you are triggered so easily but you might want to reread the things you write before you post.
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[Anonymous]

I'm still waiting for someone to post the actual list of colleges/universities these rich, impressive kids were admitted into.
Without details, this is just another troll post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm still waiting for someone to post the actual list of colleges/universities these rich, impressive kids were admitted into.
Without details, this is just another troll post.

It’s April. No list would be available yet.

Go to SidwellSeniors2022 on Instagram if your curious. Keep in mind, acceptances /= matriculation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you can't waltz in here and use words like "extremely impressive" when you're talking about schools. It's just not done and makes you look stupid. People have strong feelings about certain schools and colleges, and if you wish point out praiseworthy achievements, you've got to be convincingly factual and more specific. What kind of academic are you that you can't make that effort to look objective? The words you use are way too subjective - you look like the moronic realtors on the Real Estate forum that post about their listings in first-degree, glowing terms, while pretending to be buyers.

Again, you need numbers and match-school comparisons in order to conclude what you did. Otherwise it's just hot air and people are going to tear you apart.

OP here. You're right. How DARE I congratulate a bunch of 18-year olds on getting into "great" schools after a bunch of people tried to tear down their achievements. As an academic, I should know that I am not allowed to be "impressed" or use any subjective qualifiers when describing anything. I'll make sure I don't tell my kids they did a "great job" making dinner unless I compare it to a Michelin star restaurant or without sampling other kids' cooking first. My daughter is in a play next week and I'll hold back on any comments about her performance until I go to other high schools to see how good she is relative to other teenagers...I wouldn't want my praise to look "stupid."

I'm not sure why you are triggered so easily but you might want to reread the things you write before you post.

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Nope. I've been here a long time, and I'm just giving you a friendly warning: don't look like a troll. People here are educated (don't advertise you're an "academic", poor naive one, most of us have terminal degrees and are very knowledgeable about education) and operate on a hair-trigger, so you're going to get blasted if you write posts like this one again.

Of course, if you're looking for the fight, go ahead

But if you want a reasoned discussion, I'm telling you there are better ways to get one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you can't waltz in here and use words like "extremely impressive" when you're talking about schools. It's just not done and makes you look stupid. People have strong feelings about certain schools and colleges, and if you wish point out praiseworthy achievements, you've got to be convincingly factual and more specific. What kind of academic are you that you can't make that effort to look objective? The words you use are way too subjective - you look like the moronic realtors on the Real Estate forum that post about their listings in first-degree, glowing terms, while pretending to be buyers.

Again, you need numbers and match-school comparisons in order to conclude what you did. Otherwise it's just hot air and people are going to tear you apart.

OP here. You're right. How DARE I congratulate a bunch of 18-year olds on getting into "great" schools after a bunch of people tried to tear down their achievements. As an academic, I should know that I am not allowed to be "impressed" or use any subjective qualifiers when describing anything. I'll make sure I don't tell my kids they did a "great job" making dinner unless I compare it to a Michelin star restaurant or without sampling other kids' cooking first. My daughter is in a play next week and I'll hold back on any comments about her performance until I go to other high schools to see how good she is relative to other teenagers...I wouldn't want my praise to look "stupid."

I'm not sure why you are triggered so easily but you might want to reread the things you write before you post.

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Nope. I've been here a long time, and I'm just giving you a friendly warning: don't look like a troll. People here are educated (don't advertise you're an "academic", poor naive one, most of us have terminal degrees and are very knowledgeable about education) and operate on a hair-trigger, so you're going to get blasted if you write posts like this one again.

Of course, if you're looking for the fight, go ahead

But if you want a reasoned discussion, I'm telling you there are better ways to get one.

to be fair, your posts just make you look like an asshole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm still waiting for someone to post the actual list of colleges/universities these rich, impressive kids were admitted into.
Without details, this is just another troll post.

It’s April. No list would be available yet.

Go to SidwellSeniors2022 on Instagram if your curious. Keep in mind, acceptances /= matriculation.

Kids on these sites post which college they are planning to go to, not acceptances. Which is why many haven't posted there yet, as they are still deciding + the ones who have decided but don't want to share the information yet (or perhaps ever - some people are more private by nature)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you can't waltz in here and use words like "extremely impressive" when you're talking about schools. It's just not done and makes you look stupid. People have strong feelings about certain schools and colleges, and if you wish point out praiseworthy achievements, you've got to be convincingly factual and more specific. What kind of academic are you that you can't make that effort to look objective? The words you use are way too subjective - you look like the moronic realtors on the Real Estate forum that post about their listings in first-degree, glowing terms, while pretending to be buyers.

Again, you need numbers and match-school comparisons in order to conclude what you did. Otherwise it's just hot air and people are going to tear you apart.

OP here. You're right. How DARE I congratulate a bunch of 18-year olds on getting into "great" schools after a bunch of people tried to tear down their achievements. As an academic, I should know that I am not allowed to be "impressed" or use any subjective qualifiers when describing anything. I'll make sure I don't tell my kids they did a "great job" making dinner unless I compare it to a Michelin star restaurant or without sampling other kids' cooking first. My daughter is in a play next week and I'll hold back on any comments about her performance until I go to other high schools to see how good she is relative to other teenagers...I wouldn't want my praise to look "stupid."

I'm not sure why you are triggered so easily but you might want to reread the things you write before you post.

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Nope. I've been here a long time, and I'm just giving you a friendly warning: don't look like a troll. People here are educated (don't advertise you're an "academic", poor naive one, most of us have terminal degrees and are very knowledgeable about education) and operate on a hair-trigger, so you're going to get blasted if you write posts like this one again.

Of course, if you're looking for the fight, go ahead

But if you want a reasoned discussion, I'm telling you there are better ways to get one.

to be fair, your posts just make you look like an asshole.

+1000 . A person who commends kids on getting into "impressive" colleges--however they define "impressive"--is not a troll. Someone who goes apeshit and demands metrics to justify said praise? That's a troll (and, to PP's point, an asshole).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you can't waltz in here and use words like "extremely impressive" when you're talking about schools. It's just not done and makes you look stupid. People have strong feelings about certain schools and colleges, and if you wish point out praiseworthy achievements, you've got to be convincingly factual and more specific. What kind of academic are you that you can't make that effort to look objective? The words you use are way too subjective - you look like the moronic realtors on the Real Estate forum that post about their listings in first-degree, glowing terms, while pretending to be buyers.

Again, you need numbers and match-school comparisons in order to conclude what you did. Otherwise it's just hot air and people are going to tear you apart.

OP here. You're right. How DARE I congratulate a bunch of 18-year olds on getting into "great" schools after a bunch of people tried to tear down their achievements. As an academic, I should know that I am not allowed to be "impressed" or use any subjective qualifiers when describing anything. I'll make sure I don't tell my kids they did a "great job" making dinner unless I compare it to a Michelin star restaurant or without sampling other kids' cooking first. My daughter is in a play next week and I'll hold back on any comments about her performance until I go to other high schools to see how good she is relative to other teenagers...I wouldn't want my praise to look "stupid."

I'm not sure why you are triggered so easily but you might want to reread the things you write before you post.

.

Nope. I've been here a long time, and I'm just giving you a friendly warning: don't look like a troll. People here are educated (don't advertise you're an "academic", poor naive one, most of us have terminal degrees and are very knowledgeable about education) and operate on a hair-trigger, so you're going to get blasted if you write posts like this one again.

Of course, if you're looking for the fight, go ahead

But if you want a reasoned discussion, I'm telling you there are better ways to get one.

to be fair, your posts just make you look like an asshole.

+1000 . A person who commends kids on getting into "impressive" colleges--however they define "impressive"--is not a troll. Someone who goes apeshit and demands metrics to justify said praise? That's a troll (and, to PP's point, an asshole).

Depends if you're fine with the ensuing arguments. Someone who will make a value judgment on DCUM will start a messy argument. Some people know this, and word their original posts carefully and add the relevant data, to avoid those useless distractions.

But you do you!

[Anonymous]

To your original point, OP, no, it's not impressive given the 60K total annual cost, when an intelligent student with attentive parents can be accepted to similar colleges from a public school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
To your original point, OP, no, it's not impressive given the 60K total annual cost, when an intelligent student with attentive parents can be accepted to similar colleges from a public school.

Jealousy doesn’t suit you. Repeat after me : “congratulations!”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
To your original point, OP, no, it's not impressive given the 60K total annual cost, when an intelligent student with attentive parents can be accepted to similar colleges from a public school.

Jealousy doesn’t suit you. Repeat after me : “congratulations!”

It’s the truth.

[Anonymous]

So odd that a “public school parent” would post about SFS college acceptances. Troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
To your original point, OP, no, it's not impressive given the 60K total annual cost, when an intelligent student with attentive parents can be accepted to similar colleges from a public school.

I can’t tell if PP’s kid got rejected from SFS or if their kid is at SFS but (gasp) didn’t get into HYPSM and will have to settle for (double gasp) Hopkins or (triple gasp) Michigan. Forgive them, OP, obviously dealing with a lot of trauma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
OP, you can't waltz in here and use words like "extremely impressive" when you're talking about schools. It's just not done and makes you look stupid. People have strong feelings about certain schools and colleges, and if you wish point out praiseworthy achievements, you've got to be convincingly factual and more specific. What kind of academic are you that you can't make that effort to look objective? The words you use are way too subjective - you look like the moronic realtors on the Real Estate forum that post about their listings in first-degree, glowing terms, while pretending to be buyers.

Again, you need numbers and match-school comparisons in order to conclude what you did. Otherwise it's just hot air and people are going to tear you apart.

OP here. You're right. How DARE I congratulate a bunch of 18-year olds on getting into "great" schools after a bunch of people tried to tear down their achievements. As an academic, I should know that I am not allowed to be "impressed" or use any subjective qualifiers when describing anything. I'll make sure I don't tell my kids they did a "great job" making dinner unless I compare it to a Michelin star restaurant or without sampling other kids' cooking first. My daughter is in a play next week and I'll hold back on any comments about her performance until I go to other high schools to see how good she is relative to other teenagers...I wouldn't want my praise to look "stupid."

I'm not sure why you are triggered so easily but you might want to reread the things you write before you post.

.

Nope. I've been here a long time, and I'm just giving you a friendly warning: don't look like a troll. People here are educated (don't advertise you're an "academic", poor naive one, most of us have terminal degrees and are very knowledgeable about education) and operate on a hair-trigger, so you're going to get blasted if you write posts like this one again.

Of course, if you're looking for the fight, go ahead

But if you want a reasoned discussion, I'm telling you there are better ways to get one.

to be fair, your posts just make you look like an asshole.

+1000 . A person who commends kids on getting into "impressive" colleges--however they define "impressive"--is not a troll. Someone who goes apeshit and demands metrics to justify said praise? That's a troll (and, to PP's point, an asshole).

Depends if you're fine with the ensuing arguments. Someone who will make a value judgment on DCUM will start a messy argument. Some people know this, and word their original posts carefully and add the relevant data, to avoid those useless distractions.

But you do you!

please speak with the forum manager, Karen.