Divorced family discrimination at college presentation

[Anonymous]

Why didn’t you ask the presenter to explain the comment in more detail?

[Anonymous]

That’s obnoxious and I would complain

[Anonymous]

One woman's agenda, that's all. She may have been making the rest of the staff cringe.

[Anonymous]

Was this a conservative school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was this a conservative school?

OP said it’s “woke” about everything else.

Which tells you more about OP than it does about the school.

[Anonymous]

Divorced parent here and there’s no denying it’s rough and that it can add another layer to an already daunting college admissions process. However people will always make tone-deaf comments both inside and outside a college admissions setting. It’s irritating, but best to put it aside, be constructive and do the best you can to steer the kids through this process.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Yes, the best thing for children is to grow up in a stable, loving two parent household. How is this new?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You seem like a drama queen. Name the school. If they're willing to say it publicly then name it.

This.

ONE person at ONE school said something and we don’t know if OP’s recall is correct.

This was the university representative giving the presentation and gives this presentation to presumably hundreds if not thousands of families.

[Anonymous]

Children of divorced parents are not a protected class. Schools can legally elect to discriminate based on this status without breaking the law. If you don’t approve, you can elect not to apply. Simple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was this a conservative school?

No its not a conservative school by any stretch of the imagination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You seem like a drama queen. Name the school. If they're willing to say it publicly then name it.

Sure, happy to. Johns Hopkins

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

My guess is there is statistical evidence to back that statement up as fact.

-- Divorced dad whose children are both in college, but it was a rough adolescence.

+100

Sounds like OP doesn’t like facts that hurt their feelings.

-college educated child of divorced parents.

How is it any less of a fact than name X race has lower test scores and grades than X race therefore fewer are admitted? Doesn't mean you put that content in an official university presentation telling people of that race they have less of a chance of getting in.

[Anonymous]

A stable household is best for kids. Modern family law does not create stable households.

[Anonymous]

“I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is inventing a time machine, going back in time 20 years, and making better life choices.”

Does that help, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is inventing a time machine, going back in time 20 years, and making better life choices.”

Does that help, OP?

Right? Lol.