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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not surprised that admissions officers would be more impressed by a kid who plowed through a mediocre or bad public school and came out with great math and writing schools. As opposed to a similar kid who was educated in a private school greenhouse where the teachers were uniformly great, the peers were equally motivated, and the expectations were always high.

Colleges' ultimate goal is to graduate kids who will go on to do great things. The kid with "grit" is more likely to do that than a kid who has been coddled.[/quote]

This is the myth. We all fight tooth and nail to give our kids the best upbringing yet simultaneously buy into the idea that  years of neglect and under investment k-12 can be compensated for by some extra tutoring, and even confers intangible advantages like “grit.”[/quote]

DP: grit isn’t exclusive to the poor and working class. Unfortunately, in the world of college admissions it is easier to measure or identify in the underprivileged kid. [/quote]

Seriously? If you don’t get it, you don’t get it [/quote]

Honestly it’s probably more difficult to survive some cutthroat upper echelon environment than to coast through with no competition in some broken or mediocre public school system. [/quote]

Hmm…I guess you just ignore likely food insecurity, possibly having to raise your younger siblings, work a FT job as well?   But sure convince yourself it’s harder for those rich kids.[/quote]

It potentially is because the poor kids who land at Ivy League schools a) aren’t not eating and b) aren’t being challenged. It sucks to be poor but it mainly involves a lot of sitting around. [/quote]

I am trying to understand your point but it is hard to translate a**speak.  Anybody on DCUM able to translate for me?[/quote]

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