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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I know someone's parent is a lawyer, I assume this person has a lot of social capital and there strengths were cultivated. I don't think this about other professions to the same extent. [/quote]

Agree. There was a Dartmouth podcast recently, where the main admissions officer, Lee coffin, said that when he read one of the applicant’s essays, he thought it was an oddly specific topic and then he went to look at the mother‘s profession and the profession corroborated that topic so he automatically discounted the essay.

I think that happens a lot with lawyer parents.  From what we have seen at our private, the kids that tend to go as far away from their professional parent’s careers as possible - with their passions and academic interests - tend to have the best outcomes, all other things being equal.

Why? I just think these kids look interesting and interested? They look passionate about topics that their parents presumably have a little background in.[/quote]

Most parents have other interests that's not their day job. If a kid is into juggling, how do you know their parent is not a trained juggler (or whatever you call them) and kid learned from them and is "following in their parent's path?" Idea of doing something the same as parent doesn't show much creativity tho the act of juggling can be seen as creative. Admissions doesn't know that the parent was into juggling unless applicant shares that info[/quote]

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