Magnet High School Junior

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BTW, once you get into these elite US colleges not on your academic record but spinning...you can continue to keep these "Private Counselors" to help you with college research papers, thesis, EC activities, community outreach, MBA applications, graduate school applications, PhD thesis...and eventually, you don't have to be very good at your job in the real world.

Because isn't is amazing that colleges want your kids to be Einsteins but then when the same people enter the working world they are morons?

Your HS kid is expected to do scientific research that cures cancer but CDC cannot figure out what their COVID guidelines will be. USA universities are corrupt and so USA work force is inefficient. South Koreans emphasize academic merit in college and school admissions and so they are a country that have an efficient workforce and thus can function well in a crisis.

Great. Why would you live in the US if it is so awful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In other words, OP, stop thinking of Princeton and MIT. If it happens then it is wonderful. Instead, look at other schools and in-state flagship. It is really not where you get in, but, what you do in the college you get into.

You are right but no one will listen. They will just whinge on here about how unfair it all is.

[Anonymous]

First, take a deep breath, be grateful for how well your kid has done and realize it's all a crapshoot.
My nephew got into an Ivy this year ED with a 4.0 UW. He had a couple of state awards, a leadership position in a club and a part-time freelance job writing personal finance articles. He's a bright, charming guy, but did not kill himself during high school. His SAT was just below 1400 but he went test-optional. He had no hooks. Sometimes it works out.
My own kid had a higher SAT score but slightly lower GPA, and has done well in admissions but I know he won't get into an Ivy. I'm OK with that. He has a lot of skills and talent, and I'm not worried about his future. I'll be fine if he goes to College Park because it's well-regarded for his major.
By the way, the research shows that strong students end up earning about the same no matter whether they go to a super-selective college or not.
One paper said: "When we adjust for unobserved student ability by controlling for the average SAT score of the colleges that students applied to, our estimates of the return to college selectivity fall substantially and are generally indistinguishable from zero."
However, " There were notable exceptions for certain subgroups. For black and Hispanic students and for students who come from less-educated families (in terms of their parents' education), the estimates of the return to college selectivity remain large."
https://www.nber.org/papers/w17159

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First, take a deep breath, be grateful for how well your kid has done and realize it's all a crapshoot.
My nephew got into an Ivy this year ED with a 4.0 UW. He had a couple of state awards, a leadership position in a club and a part-time freelance job writing personal finance articles. He's a bright, charming guy, but did not kill himself during high school. His SAT was just below 1400 but he went test-optional. He had no hooks. Sometimes it works out.
My own kid had a higher SAT score but slightly lower GPA, and has done well in admissions but I know he won't get into an Ivy. I'm OK with that. He has a lot of skills and talent, and I'm not worried about his future. I'll be fine if he goes to College Park because it's well-regarded for his major.
By the way, the research shows that strong students end up earning about the same no matter whether they go to a super-selective college or not.
One paper said: "When we adjust for unobserved student ability by controlling for the average SAT score of the colleges that students applied to, our estimates of the return to college selectivity fall substantially and are generally indistinguishable from zero."
However, " There were notable exceptions for certain subgroups. For black and Hispanic students and for students who come from less-educated families (in terms of their parents' education), the estimates of the return to college selectivity remain large."
https://www.nber.org/papers/w17159

Congrats to your nephew!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW, once you get into these elite US colleges not on your academic record but spinning...you can continue to keep these "Private Counselors" to help you with college research papers, thesis, EC activities, community outreach, MBA applications, graduate school applications, PhD thesis...and eventually, you don't have to be very good at your job in the real world.

Because isn't is amazing that colleges want your kids to be Einsteins but then when the same people enter the working world they are morons?

Your HS kid is expected to do scientific research that cures cancer but CDC cannot figure out what their COVID guidelines will be. USA universities are corrupt and so USA work force is inefficient. South Koreans emphasize academic merit in college and school admissions and so they are a country that have an efficient workforce and thus can function well in a crisis.

Great. Why would you live in the US if it is so awful?

Maybe because they are citizens of the US? Would you dare ask a Black person to go back to Africa? Fool!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW, once you get into these elite US colleges not on your academic record but spinning...you can continue to keep these "Private Counselors" to help you with college research papers, thesis, EC activities, community outreach, MBA applications, graduate school applications, PhD thesis...and eventually, you don't have to be very good at your job in the real world.

Because isn't is amazing that colleges want your kids to be Einsteins but then when the same people enter the working world they are morons?

Your HS kid is expected to do scientific research that cures cancer but CDC cannot figure out what their COVID guidelines will be. USA universities are corrupt and so USA work force is inefficient. South Koreans emphasize academic merit in college and school admissions and so they are a country that have an efficient workforce and thus can function well in a crisis.

Great. Why would you live in the US if it is so awful?

Maybe because they are citizens of the US? Would you dare ask a Black person to go back to Africa? Fool!

I'm a citizen if the US and have lived in other countries. My sibling, also a US citizen, lives in another country. Citizenship does not dictate where someone chooses to live. You need to broaden your horizons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW, once you get into these elite US colleges not on your academic record but spinning...you can continue to keep these "Private Counselors" to help you with college research papers, thesis, EC activities, community outreach, MBA applications, graduate school applications, PhD thesis...and eventually, you don't have to be very good at your job in the real world.

Because isn't is amazing that colleges want your kids to be Einsteins but then when the same people enter the working world they are morons?

Your HS kid is expected to do scientific research that cures cancer but CDC cannot figure out what their COVID guidelines will be. USA universities are corrupt and so USA work force is inefficient. South Koreans emphasize academic merit in college and school admissions and so they are a country that have an efficient workforce and thus can function well in a crisis.

Great. Why would you live in the US if it is so awful?

I am rich and living in US for the rich is not awful.