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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In many cases, parents have bulldozed the "achievements" of the successful applicants to the Ivies. There are very few kids who actually start their own non-profits/businesses on their own, like that.[/quote]

Yup. I'm sure there are some, but there are also plenty whose parents are behind it, like in our school. The kid is lovely and really does do a lot, but the mom runs the nonprofit and signs the kid's name. & she also, invested in the middle school service group, then pulled lots of resources from them when she** I mean her kid** started "their" own NP. It was ugly. She also pretends to be local when she is out of the area (kid is in a magnet), has tried to poach donations from other groups, name drops, and repeatedly posts on listservs to raise money or volunteers right after another group posts. I'm sure there are some good intentions here somewhere, but it's just classic tiger mom behavior. Lots of other parents joke about whether this NP will still be around after the kid "gets into Harvard."[/quote]

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