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[quote=Anonymous]Not a humble brag - a full blown proud mama brag.

I had severe health problems the last two years of my daughter's high school.  As a result, my amazing daughter finished her 3 college applications in two days before EA deadline in October and  submitted it without any help from anyone - not even for proof-reading!  The plan was that she would also apply to 5 others later so that she could hedge her bets. The early admission applications were supposed to be a trial run for applying to college.

I am sure her essays were  cringe-worthy and not polished. I am also certain that they probably did not suck all that much since she was in a very prestigious magnet public school.

She got accepted with full merit scholarships in all. She then picked her 1st choice college and proceeded to have an absolutely chilled and relaxed time for the rest of the year. Attended all the parties during thanksgiving, Christmas, new years etc...and never applied to any of the other 5 colleges. Her reasoning was that she would rather spend the application fee to buy a really nice pair of boots on sale as well as do other shopping.

I was spared all angst that parents go through when their kids are applying to college.  And because I did not help her to apply (read - did not write her essays or edited it!) she is actually able to churn out quality papers at college on her own.

My friend paid 25 K to a person to write essays for his child. I wonder what is the point?  The student still has to perform in college, right? [/quote]

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