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[quote=Anonymous]OP, your child is privileged. They have a loving and committed parent who has made sacrifices for their success (this is one more than many kids have). They have had access to good, well-founded schools. They appear to be intellectually capable of academic achievement and have the ability and disposition to work hard at it.

Many people have "hidden" challenges that are not immediately apparent, especially in a resume or job application. For instance, people who look at me see a privileged person who grew up MC or UMC in an intact family with a successful father. And I am that. I was also physically abused and neglected for most of my childhood, constantly told I was lazy and a burden, that I was ugly and useless, and that my parents wished I'd never been born.

There is no good way to introduce those facts about myself when applying for admission to something, not would I want to. I just play along in those situations and pretend I am the person they think I am. Only I know what it takes to pretend that for them. Even if I explained it, they wouldn't understand.

People see my privilege and not my challenges. Oh well, that's life. If they saw my challenges, they would get as likely to scorn me as cut me a break.[/quote]

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