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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is clear all the angry bitter adults attacking OPs teenager in this thread aren’t on T20 campuses now, because if they were, they would know that there is deep concern among the faculty about precisely what OPs child is reporting.

OP, I suggest your child find a faculty mentor to talk with. She isn’t alone in her concerns, but transferring might not be the answer either. The faculty is very familiar with the problem she’s identified and will be a resource for her. It may take a few tries, but I would counsel her to talk to her professors. [/quote]

oh geez. how is an adult supposed to help a college freshman learn to socialize? ffs. so much helplessness. maybe this kid needs to come home and go to community college. [/quote]

I mean you are the one calling a teenager you don’t know names. Maybe you aren’t really best positioned to speculate about adults who know how to help their students. It doesn’t seem to be a skill set you’d have. [/quote]

Um it’s actually OP calling an entire school of teenagers “grinds” and “Tracy Flicks.”

I never called OP’s child any names. I just think it’s important to own your choices & circumstances & preferences and not blame others. [/quote]

OP used the parenthetical phrase "holds nose" in addition to calling other students "grinds" and "Tracy Flicks"--which comes across as very juvenile. Plus, OP is unable to articulate the issue well.[/quote].

“Holds nose” parenthetically address “top credentials.”  Saying your kid has top credentials would seem important to ward off the ppl who say the kid is dumb/underserving. That didnt work. Holding nose was a shorthand way to acknowledge that it’s problematic to assign ranking to a teen’s resume 
 
Can’t win with the stressed parents of DCUM
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Academics are not the problem.  Where did the other academically advanced kids that she likes socially decide to enroll?   Look there.[/quote]

I’m OP. I’ll answer this ^^. Yale, Chicago, swarthmore, Brown, Yale, Georgetown.

That is my kid’s high school actual friend group (vs random kids in graduation class).

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Can't believe this list would have wildly different vibe at one vs the other but she should apply to all and go visit her friends where she gets in.

Unless they have the same complaint as OP, presumably they have found a group for some social time and she can see what she thinks.[/quote]

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