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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would think it could be perfectly healthy to hang out with friends and bake and cake and trash the schools that rejected you.

But I'd be livid if my kid posted that on social media. Yes even if my kid was a legal adult at the time. It's not a good look.[/quote]
I barely see social media, so maybe that influences how I see this, but it seems harmless to me. The video is lighthearted, not negative, and the girls in it didn’t disparage the schools that rejected them in any way. Obviously they thought well enough of the schools that they sought admissions from them. I think this just helps de-stigmatize the tons of rejections that kids face in college admissions. Admissions are much more competitive now than they were even one generation ago. Kids feel tremendous pressure to strive for perfection to try to get into schools their parents thought of as safeties. These same girls made another cake and another video depicting where they will actually be attending. It’s like telling this year’s juniors that you’ll be okay even if you receive a pile of rejections. You only need to get into one school that suits your needs.[/quote]

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