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You want the truth?

It's because NO ONE CARES.

It's not that they don't like you and your kid, but unless it's Harvard, which merits two exclamation points instead of one in the congratulations, NO ONE CARES.

I would never expect anyone to show the slightest interest in where my kids go to college. This is one of those subjects that are of interest to the parents and kid, but not to anyone else. When other people mention college acceptances, I smile, say the obligatory words of happiness, and change the subject. What on earth do you expect me to do?

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+1. My kid got in ED and I texted the one friend who showed an interest in where they were going and got back a congratulatory text and that seems entirely sufficient.

In fact this year as we were going through the process I was much more interested in where my friends’ kids applied enrolled last year than I was last year— because I thought it might be helpful for us as I was looking for ideas of how to winnow down the number of schools to look at. [/quote]

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