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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The admissions* committee*  can spot the fakes.[/quote]

They usually cannot.[/quote]

Bullshit.

You think you can spot the fakes without seeing their application and transcripts, and professionals who look at thousands of applications and get to see their transcripts can't tell?  You know better than the professionals?

That's some serious anti-vaxxer like logic.[/quote]

A friend of ours got their DS into an Ivy this year and we know they faked so many things. Mom did a bunch of stuff that is passed of as the kids work. We got an intimate look as they are the only family in our bubble. We warned them it is a huge risk but they gambled and the kid got in. [/quote]

Again, Bullshit.

Did you see the kid's transcript?  What find of "stuff" did mom do?  What makes you think it was that stuff that got them admitted?  Were the guidance counselor and the teachers who wrote recommendations fooled by mom also?

If it were true - [i]and it isn't[/i] - why would they tell you this?

This is why I call bullshit.[/quote]

Calm down! Relax! Why are you so wound up?[/quote]

Not excited.  Hate bullshit.  It damages people involved in this hard process.  I assume you to be the bullshit-spewer with no substantive response.  So provide one please, or let it be know that your claim is false.[/quote]

DP.  If pp hasn’t been on this board long, they probably don’t realize that there’s a person who used to work at a college admissions office who stalks this board and posts extremely defensive replies to anyone who alleges that college admissions officers are anything but saintly, wise, all-seeing, self-sacrificing social workers who are completely isolated from any pressure to take actions that serve the university’s interests.  If you make suggestions to the contrary, they will demand that you provide evidence.  When you cite your own experience, they call you a liar. If you provide citations to evidence from others, they will call it anecdotal or ignore it and claim that any criticism of the process is “damaging.” Because, in this person’s mind, the process, and the people involved in it, are perfect.

There’s really no point in engaging. [/quote]

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