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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our college counselor pushed us to put in my family's higher education and career on the common app.  DH is a surgeon and I am an engineer.  She had no issue with DS mentioning anything related to my husband or my career in the job declaration, nor did she seem bothered that DS mentioned our career in the "identity"-type essays either, only because our paths there was a bit circuitous.  FWIW, DS doesn't want to be a doctor but does lean towards biomedical engineering.

We are still wondering if this is a good idea strategically, and letting DS decide on this.

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I hope you and DH get admitted to all the schools DS applies too! [/quote]

Not sure what this is supposed to mean by your snark.  I was trying to be helpful with offering different counselor advices on how to approach this kind of question.  I think kids shouldn't hide, but I don't think they need to go out of their way to showcase it either.  If it's something that truly influences their career path or identity, either in positive or negative ways, then I guess mention it.[/quote]

Yep, your JD could help if they look through it or it could signal "privilege" depending on what law school JD was earned.[/quote]

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