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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From what I understood, asking parents to write the essays at home meant hours upon hours of stewing and editing. This way, it was like ripping off the band-aid.

I am not sure either way is right, but ultimately, I can understand the admissions office wanting parental insights about the applicants.[/quote]
1.  Only a complete idiot would spend hours on a meaningless parental essay; and

2.  Springing that on unsuspecting parents is classless, idiotic and indicates an inability to grasp common sense.[/quote]
NP. In one of the open house sessions I attended at Sidwell 3-4 years ago, some parent asked about this "surprise" essay (which means I guess it wasn't really a surprise at all!).  The AD said they had tried it in the past for the exact reason PP described - because the school had received complaints from parents that the take-home essays were too draining.  The AD also said the school had learned that some parents were actually [i]hiring[/i] ghost writers to pen the essays for them.  The AD said they tried the in-person essay as an antidote to that craziness, but then dropped it after receiving complaints about the surprise element.  It seemed like a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation.  FWIW, I've applied three different times over the course of 8 years, and never once experienced any in-person essay.  I'm sure it would have been nerve-wracking, but in retrospect, it may have been less stressful than the take-home essays.  OTOH, at least with take-home essays, you can recycle them for multiple schools.  No good answer.  HTH.[/quote]

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