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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had no idea there were college admissions podcasts.  I have a rising second year college student and a rising 12th grader.  My kids don’t stand a chance with the level of parental involvement in the process that happens around here.[/quote]

OP here - they absolutely will! There are so many colleges out there where kids can thrive :) And honestly, after listening to them, I wouldn't really recommend it. Inside the Admissions Office was interesting but some things they said really turned me off. For example, for one of the episodes they had a woman on who does interviews for Harvard. She was going on and on about how students interviewing should do their upmost to make the interviewer happy and comfortable [b]because the point of the interviews is to keep alums involved at the school[/b]... okay. I get that interviewees should act appropriately but why is it my kid's job to make the interviewer feel good about the interview just so they keep giving money to a school that's probably going to reject my kid anyway? She also said how turned off she was by a kid who quoted his hockey coach a few times because "not everyone is into sports." Way to give a kid a chance. [/quote]

I cringe whenever a poster writes "well, I interview for my Ivy and . . . "

They're doing it because they define themselves by the college they attended.  It's the equivalent of peaking in high school and never getting over it.  And even they understand completely that their interview will have little or no impact on the admissions decision.  It's all about them and their egos, not the appliucant.

Pathetic.[/quote]

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