In-laws for the weekend. They have no college savings and their high school senior is signed up for
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the December 10th ACT.
- Wednesday he watched basketball games, netflix, goofed on his phone all night. - Thursday watched NFL and managed his fantasy football team all day. - Thursday at dinner he and his parents talked about how excited they are about college. Hope he can do well on ACT to earn merit scholarships. - After dinner, back to football, fantasy football, college basketball. - So far today shopping, netflix, sports, goofing on phone. ACT prep books collecting dust in the kitchen. I no longer feel sorry for families who can't afford college. |
Anonymous
So based on one child's behavior over Thanksgiving, you have lost sympathy for every family everywhere who can't afford college? |
Anonymous
| What a weird post. He's supposed to be studying for the December 10th ACT on Thanksgiving? |
Anonymous
Correct. I looked up merit awards at low tier colleges and they're ridiculously easy to secure. That's before even all the outside scholarships kids can apply for with just some volunteering and a short essay, if that. Easier to sit on your ass like a slob and bitch about how things ain't fair, how the immigrants took all your scholarships. |
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Do people really study prep books?
I think it is bizarre you think he would study during thanksgiving weekend. |
Anonymous
| Your life sounds miserable. Change it. |
Anonymous
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Research has shown that studying like crazy can add a few dozen points to a hundred points to your score for the SAT. The minimal increase is similar for the ACT. What REALLY matters is having studied hard for years in school to gain the correct knowledge base, and being innately smart and rapid on tests. It's critical to practice the actual tests, I completely agree, but there aren't enough that you could do one every day. Please note that many test prep books are worse than nothing because they don't actually prepare you for the right questions, so be very careful over pushing just any old test prep course. My point is that perhaps this student is on the right track - his own. |
Anonymous
| Since it's the kid who's going to be struggling under huge student debt because of their parents' poor decisions, I don't see how on earth you would NOT have compassion for them. |
Anonymous
My kid didn't study for these tests and was a National Merit Finalist and earned a National Merit scholarship. He has a full ride merit scholarship for four years at a top ten STEM university. |
Anonymous
Every Ivy League kid I know read one of those books cover to cover, used the flash cards, and an iPhone study app for at least the few months leading up to the test. |
Anonymous
on Thanksgiving? |
Anonymous
Studying...working on essays...common app...volunteering...reading. Something. Anything. They're flat broke and the kid is a lazy sack of shit acting like the tuition money is going to fall from the sky. |
Anonymous
There's literally dust on the ACT books and flash card set. |
Anonymous
I don't know. I watched football and played video games on holidays when I was that age. I did just fine. You might be wound a smidgen too tight. |
Anonymous
| Wow OP. You sound like a nightmare and incredibly judgmental. |