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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP: as a mom of a kid who was deferred from 7 schools--including 3 safeties (and I'm talking real safeties--like over 75% acceptance safeties) during the EA round, I received lots of nice support here when I expressed my frustration. So I really wanted to do that for you, too. Until I read that she was accepted into Monroe Scholars at W&M and that's not good enough for her, or evidently, you. Those schools she has been accepted into so far are not safeties for anybody, and particularly not with her stats (I'm guessing this is not an NCS or Sidwell student or you would have said "Big 3"). Your daughter has options that most kids would be proud of, and she should be, too. But I don't think anything anybody says here will help. [/quote]

+1. OP read the room. You acknowledge that this admission season has been a bloodbath for all, yet you post that you and your child are dissatisfied with options like Monroe Scholars, knowing that many families with kids with high/solid would be so proud and elated to have those options.  You can blame the counselor for stoking your lofty expectations in the beginning of the season, but you can’t blame her for perpetuating that sense of entitlement with your child (and here on this board) when you know full well what everyone else (including many similarly situated families) is going through now. [/quote]

OP does not care what other students are going through now, even (especially) if they have higher stats (higher test scores, higher GPA, all APs) than her kid and are getting in to what OP would consider lesser schools.  OP thinks she bought the golden ticket for her kid, and when she found out (in OPs mind) it was just the silver ticket, now she wants to talk to the manager.

OP, you should have done what other moms like you do and flirt with the coach for the sport your kid barely plays. [/quote]

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree... This cycle or any other admission season matters, OP will find some way to whine about how and why the child didn't get into X, Y or Z school.  OP, seriously, take a moment and reexamine your priorities first and foremost. Your own anxiety over your child not getting into a deserving school is part of the problem.

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