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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't be serious.  That's the tour guide equivalent of cocktail party question.  Where do you live/work.  Good lord.[/quote]
So nuts. Do you think it’s also ok to ask SAT scores? Or SSAT scores?

If not why is one ok and the other not?

Or if yes would you consider it cocktail party conversation to ask someone’s salary?[/quote]
You can answer generally - “I did very well on the SATs” or “I am really pleased with my SSAT scores.” And yeah, people do ask about salaries too… to which you can answer the same way “The compensation package is really competitive for this industry” blah blah. And some people actually think it’s HELPFUL to share actual details with others and do so freely.[/quote]
This.  Of course.  For the college application questions, you'd say,  "I'm applying mostly to east coast SLACs."  "I'm applying to a mix of state flagships and SEC schools."  "I'm applying to schools with good bio and chem programs because I think I want to go pre-med..." (then shift to talking about the school's good science teachers)"  "I'm not sharing until the results come in, but the college counselor here was helpful when I needed to add a few colleges to my list..." (then shift to talking about what the college counselor did)  Etc.  [/quote]

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