Big 3 Nightmare

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

eh.. my public school magnet kid 1580 SAT also got shut out. 4.77 WPA, and 5 on 10 AP exams. Clearly your privilege isn't working for you.

Your kid got in nowhere? Is she/he taking a gap year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

eh.. my public school magnet kid 1580 SAT also got shut out. 4.77 WPA, and 5 on 10 AP exams. Clearly your privilege isn't working for you.

Your kid got in nowhere? Is she/he taking a gap year?

DP here. My friend’s daughter got shut out with similar stats. She is half Asian half white. While she had top grades, she did not have amazing extracurriculars. Of course she had a long list of achievements but nothing to make her stand out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Yes they are, and the ones who aren’t meet up with someone in their 20s who wasn’t in their class but one close in age.

[Anonymous]

I think there is a need to define “shut out”, I suspect the high stats kids got into good schools, just not the elite ones they have been working to achieve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

eh.. my public school magnet kid 1580 SAT also got shut out. 4.77 WPA, and 5 on 10 AP exams. Clearly your privilege isn't working for you.

Your kid got in nowhere? Is she/he taking a gap year?

DP here. My friend’s daughter got shut out with similar stats. She is half Asian half white. While she had top grades, she did not have amazing extracurriculars. Of course she had a long list of achievements but nothing to make her stand out.

she didn't get in anywhere? Did she have safeties?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Of course not. I was half joking. I would prefer she not mingle with the public school bad boys and hang out in a different crowd in college. Yes, that is a thing. Rich private school kids hang out together in college.

I hung out with the cool bad boys in high school. I want her to have a different experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

eh.. my public school magnet kid 1580 SAT also got shut out. 4.77 WPA, and 5 on 10 AP exams. Clearly your privilege isn't working for you.

Your kid got in nowhere? Is she/he taking a gap year?

DP here. My friend’s daughter got shut out with similar stats. She is half Asian half white. While she had top grades, she did not have amazing extracurriculars. Of course she had a long list of achievements but nothing to make her stand out.

I did not follow up. Mom said she was shut out and DD very upset. I am sure she will end up at some college.
she didn't get in anywhere? Did she have safeties?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Of course not. I was half joking. I would prefer she not mingle with the public school bad boys and hang out in a different crowd in college. Yes, that is a thing. Rich private school kids hang out together in college.

I hung out with the cool bad boys in high school. I want her to have a different experience.

There are plenty of bad boys on private and the drugs are better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

Public school parents saying “stop bashing public school kids” is equally to bashing private school parents? Pointing out that the problem is within the private schools and it will not be solved by putting down public school kids is not the attack you are making it out to be.

The truth is that the world of college applications is changing and your student is applying at a challenging time for all traditionally high performing kids, whether from private or public. This is hard to watch our kids go through.

At worst, people on this thread are mocking the inability of many to recognize (1) how their kids accomplishments, while impressive, reflect incredible privilege, and (2) the kids that are getting these slots are also highly accomplished.

Be better.

Exactly. I had to roll my eyes at “it’s all the fault of public school parents that we were forced to denigrate their kids (as documented in the last few pages) to explain why our private school privilege failed us.”

Fortunately I know a lot of smarter, nicer private school parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Of course not. I was half joking. I would prefer she not mingle with the public school bad boys and hang out in a different crowd in college. Yes, that is a thing. Rich private school kids hang out together in college.

I hung out with the cool bad boys in high school. I want her to have a different experience.

There are plenty of bad boys on private and the drugs are better.

The kids in private know how to behave appropriately at the right times, and that is what matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Of course not. I was half joking. I would prefer she not mingle with the public school bad boys and hang out in a different crowd in college. Yes, that is a thing. Rich private school kids hang out together in college.

I hung out with the cool bad boys in high school. I want her to have a different experience.

There are plenty of bad boys on private and the drugs are better.

I dated a lot in my teens and twenties. I was popular with the boys. I married well. I feel lucky that I didn’t end up with some of my ex boyfriends.

I know my daughter will be popular with the boys. May as well be rich boys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Of course not. I was half joking. I would prefer she not mingle with the public school bad boys and hang out in a different crowd in college. Yes, that is a thing. Rich private school kids hang out together in college.

I hung out with the cool bad boys in high school. I want her to have a different experience.

There are plenty of bad boys on private and the drugs are better.

I dated a lot in my teens and twenties. I was popular with the boys. I married well. I feel lucky that I didn’t end up with some of my ex boyfriends.

I know my daughter will be popular with the boys. May as well be rich boys.

Well this thread has taken a turn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

eh.. my public school magnet kid 1580 SAT also got shut out. 4.77 WPA, and 5 on 10 AP exams. Clearly your privilege isn't working for you.

Your kid got in nowhere? Is she/he taking a gap year?

DP here. My friend’s daughter got shut out with similar stats. She is half Asian half white. While she had top grades, she did not have amazing extracurriculars. Of course she had a long list of achievements but nothing to make her stand out.

This is what I'm seeing all over social media. Long lists of achievements but they are all 'common' and 'typical' achievements that most others with their stats have.

The kids getting accepted are the ones who are young entrepreneurs and those who have done independent research/internships on their own.

DS's best friend's twin sister has ok stats. She's a very middle of the pack, mostly A & B with a C or 2 student. She was part of several clubs but had no leadership positions. She played 1 year of a sport but not varsity. She wasn't part of theater, band, symphony, or chorus. She has awards but nothing super unique that I know of. What she does have going for her is that she started an LLC to sell homemade slime. She has a business website that she runs and she's even expanded to have a warehouse distribution site with employees who package and ship the slime for her. It's crazy - she got into Yale, Penn, & Princeton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So this thread devolved into people who dislike private school kids bashing on private school parents.

Typical DCUM drivel. I bet with our anonymity that Jeff provides here, half of you would STFU and be too chicken chicken s**t to look me or my kid in the eyes with their 1500, near perfect GPA and tell them to buck up because their privilege is ending

Sorry (ok not sorry) I can afford private school.

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch my kids to private. Private school families are the ones who look down at public and feel superior to them, not the other way around. That attitude turns me off. I’m also convinced that going to a private school will not help my smart athletic kid get into a better college. I have kids who will do well in any environment. It is your exact attitude that you have just shown in a public forum that makes others want to stick up for their public school kids.

I will likely send my daughter to private. Real reason? I will only admit this on an anonymous forum is so she can marry well. She is very pretty and I know she will be popular with the boys. Would rather she not mingle with riffraff of public.

You have to be a troll. No one is marrying their high school sweetheart. I can’t believe this even needs to be said.

Of course not. I was half joking. I would prefer she not mingle with the public school bad boys and hang out in a different crowd in college. Yes, that is a thing. Rich private school kids hang out together in college.

I hung out with the cool bad boys in high school. I want her to have a different experience.

There are plenty of bad boys on private and the drugs are better.

The kids in private know how to behave appropriately at the right times, and that is what matters.

And public school kids don’t? You kinda suck.