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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So... everyone's experience also corroborate what Zarna was describing?[/quote]

Her experience is more relatable to the transplant and the immigrant experience rather than many who are from the area and are sending their child to an environment they are familiar with for multiple generations.

My child is ahead of her public school peers and enjoys going to school every day. Only if you turn it into a competition and focused on maximizing college outcome does it start to feel in the way she described it. [/quote]

So I'm a bit confused by this. Are you saying in your experience that what she's described in terms of favoritism does happen but it's for minor things that don't materially impact the student's experience (e.g. leadership titles for organizations that aren't that significant as opposed to say who captains debate)? Also, what does this have to do with being a transplant vs multi-generational family? I think the concept of fairness goes way beyond maximizing college outcomes...[/quote]

I don’t know how much bias there is as a parent. Realistic your child is in a cohort full of motivated children that have highly educated parents that are well resourced. It going to be difficult to differentiate yourself and many are going to have a legacy advantage. It is speculation that it came down to favoritism. In addition, she admitted to not wanting to participate in the community / school by volunteering and having her child attend the same summer camps so they were in the outside looking in.

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Yet her daughter described that she experienced gatekeeping firsthand. That makes it feel credible and beyond just a parent being biased. It also makes it hard to say that it's a perception thing as opposed to reality. The question in my mind is how prevalent is this and if this its isolated to small things or extends to something as major as what colleges counselors are willing to provide support for. [/quote]

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