What makes responders on these boards say things like, "I'm sorry your kid didn't get in."

[Anonymous]

I have a different take. While I agree that it’s a ridiculously immature response, I think it most often comes from the typical hyper competitive braggy parents who think rankings and prestige are the only things that matter. They cannot accept that some kids may actually choose not to apply to certain schools. So if anyone shares that their kid didn’t like school x for any reason they refuse to believe it wasn’t their top choice and that they’re just bitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey all…this is the insufferable NEU booster.

I know someone was posting as an example and then this person mildly responded…but the pattern is now clear.

I assume this person will eventually say “sorry your kid didn’t get in”

Time to take your medicine, troll.

Well…that just resoundingly confirmed the NEU booster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question. We are adults who are trying to help our own kids and possibly the other kids, too?

Goes something like this (actual posts):

OP: What school would you not want your child to go to even if admitted.

Answer: Vanderbilt. Never believed a school from the south would be good. Plus they just bought a campus in New York City??? Seems sketch

RESPONDER: Sorry your kid didn't get in.

It’s a standard snarky response when someone offers bad faith, random criticism of an elite school. Basically it’s alleging sour grapes or an axe to grind.

Did you REALLY need that explained to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Serious question. We are adults who are trying to help our own kids and possibly the other kids, too?

Goes something like this (actual posts):

OP: What school would you not want your child to go to even if admitted.

Answer: Vanderbilt. Never believed a school from the south would be good. Plus they just bought a campus in New York City??? Seems sketch

RESPONDER: Sorry your kid didn't get in.

It’s a standard snarky response when someone offers bad faith, random criticism of an elite school. Basically it’s alleging sour grapes or an axe to grind.

Did you REALLY need that explained to you?

And here we have the standard snarky response from someone who thinks they have the world figured out and another poster is beneath them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey all…this is the insufferable NEU booster.

I know someone was posting as an example and then this person mildly responded…but the pattern is now clear.

I assume this person will eventually say “sorry your kid didn’t get in”

Time to take your medicine, troll.

Well…that just resoundingly confirmed the NEU booster.

It's understandable to 'boost' schools one likes, attended, or whose child attends, but what's up with the obsessive trolling? Obviously a mental problem.

[Anonymous]

Since it is an anonymous forum because people can be as mean as they want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Serious question. We are adults who are trying to help our own kids and possibly the other kids, too?

Goes something like this (actual posts):

OP: What school would you not want your child to go to even if admitted.

Answer: Vanderbilt. Never believed a school from the south would be good. Plus they just bought a campus in New York City??? Seems sketch

RESPONDER: Sorry your kid didn't get in.

I’m more curious about the super-douche who thinks it’s clever to respond “Wut?”

[Anonymous]

This is clearly 2.0 of the Troll's original thread, which was essentially a pot-stirring sh%% show designed to enrage people from across the college/university spectrum.

Are you not getting enough attention in the RW OP? what can we say to you that will give you the affirmation that you need to stop posting stuff like this.

I am a mother to two high school children and would like DCUM to be a place for adults to share information and resources, not another internet cess-pool full.

[Anonymous]

Disagree. I’d like the “didn’t get in” posters to stop. I’d like the attacks on people (eg, not getting enough attention, OP?) to stop. If you want a more useful forum, you would stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We're black. Our kids all scored within the medians on the schools where they were admitted and are attending. We were dead silent about where the kids were going to college after our first because he got into an ivy and graduated and the amount of hatred and passive aggression we received from other families was so, so gross. I really took a massive step back from the community and parent organizations because there was this sort of toxicity that came out. My youngest is attending a wonderful SLAC. My middle child attended a wonderful 7 sister's school. We are speaking on it. Full stop. I don't need the negativity and the kids don't either.

We've been called aloof and snobs. Oh well.

Blame the schools.
They admit a buch of low score black kid.
This is why they shouldn’t do that.

Go back to your cave, troglodyte.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is clearly 2.0 of the Troll's original thread, which was essentially a pot-stirring sh%% show designed to enrage people from across the college/university spectrum.

Are you not getting enough attention in the RW OP? what can we say to you that will give you the affirmation that you need to stop posting stuff like this.

I am a mother to two high school children and would like DCUM to be a place for adults to share information and resources, not another internet cess-pool full.

I am OP. Posting stuff like what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hey all…this is the insufferable NEU booster.

I know someone was posting as an example and then this person mildly responded…but the pattern is now clear.

I assume this person will eventually say “sorry your kid didn’t get in”

+1. They keep talking about other people having mental problems but they are the ones that derail every thread with the same points about the rankings issues. This thread isn’t about NEU, thanks.