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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I blame the parents. Let the kids be kids. Tell them they don’t need to do research in HS to be successful in life.  Don’t encourage them to harass professors.  Bring back sanity - please. [/quote]

Admissions offices should make it clear and announce that they don't expect researches from highschoolers and ignore that for decisions. [/quote]

Nope. Parents need to tell their kids that they don’t need to be applying to schools that want any type of research. [/quote]

The problem is schools are not clear about things, so kids do whatever it takes and appply 20 schools.[/quote]

And this also needs to be stopped by parents. 20 schools?  C’mon. [/quote]

The problem is the schools are not clear about things with TO, Holistic, all sort of bullshit.

Kids and parents are just trying to play by the rules.  They didn't make the rules.
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No one said you had to play the game at all. That’s kinda the point. 
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You don't say stop to the motivated smart kids who want to compete by the rules.
That's the point.
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You might be right. But on this board I’d be willing to bet that’s a very small percentage of kids. Parents are pushing this and I’m pretty sure most of us know it.

Also, you certainly can tell them 10 apps max and we’re not paying for anything more than that.

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These kids who are aiming for selective schools are motivated and hardworking by nature.
There' limitation what parents can do and how much they can push.
Most of these parents feel bad that they don't have fancy connections.

The rule is you can apply more than 10. 
Again there's so much uncertainty, so even 20 seem reasonable. 
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