Do you get jealous?

[Anonymous]

When they have much lower gpa and scores and not in equivalent ecs…all around much lower star candidates:

It pisses me off.

[Anonymous]

I would say envious. Happy for all the kids (truly), but feel some secret envy. Just being truthful. Hopefully my kid doesn’t pick up on that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jealous of the fat financial aid package my divorced friend is expecting to get for her kid after being admitted to Princeton, but practicing saying (and thinking) "good for you!"

I don’t think you understand how financial aid works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When they have much lower gpa and scores and not in equivalent ecs…all around much lower star candidates:

It pisses me off.

But anger is a secondary emotion. It's the hard coat we use to protect ourselves from feeling something else, something mushier. What's beneath the being pissed off? Sadness? Fear? Hurt?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they have much lower gpa and scores and not in equivalent ecs…all around much lower star candidates:

It pisses me off.

But anger is a secondary emotion. It's the hard coat we use to protect ourselves from feeling something else, something mushier. What's beneath the being pissed off? Sadness? Fear? Hurt?

Anger and frustration at the process

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When they have much lower gpa and scores and not in equivalent ecs…all around much lower star candidates:

It pisses me off.

But anger is a secondary emotion. It's the hard coat we use to protect ourselves from feeling something else, something mushier. What's beneath the being pissed off? Sadness? Fear? Hurt?

Nah. It’s not that deep. People get angry at the unfairness of it. Nothing underlying that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Three pages of posters who don’t know the difference between jealousy and envy, yet think that their kid should have gotten into a better school…..

Shut up nerd. We know what OP meant.

[Anonymous]

Nah, honestly not jealous. My kids have gotten in to fantastic schools and they will shine no matter what. I’m happy for who get in where they want to be. One friend’s daughter had serious learning problems in grade school and beyond. She is now going to a top 10 school for CS. I can’t tell you how happy I was for them, knowing what they’ve been through. It’s a miracle. Praise god.

[Anonymous]

Not at all. My kid is not ivy material and I can totally see him at one of the state flagships that he applied to having a great time. I want college to be fun for him.

[Anonymous]

too soon to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Three pages of posters who don’t know the difference between jealousy and envy, yet think that their kid should have gotten into a better school…..

Shut up nerd. We know what OP meant.

Every single poster compounded the error. If you’re not smart enough to understand the difference, how can you expect your kids to get in to the college of their choice?

[Anonymous]

When our oldest got into UVA we stopped thinking about this. We knew from that point forward that we could always hold our heads up high at cocktail parties. Even if our younger kids did not get into UVA, we figured, we were still in a position to turn around the conversation to reference that at least our oldest kid did.

So we didn’t have to be jealous.

[Anonymous]

No. My main concern by far is hoping my kids don't feel less than, because they aren't.

[Anonymous]

Troll alert!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jealous no. Would just like my son to make it his life's mission to discredit and teardown that school in C-Ville when he becomes rich and powerful.

Sorry he got rejected. But I hope he finds a more meaningful life purpose than that.