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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Are you aware that you have the foundation set for an AMAZING college application essay?[/quote]
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That actually hadn't occurred to me. I'm sure that DD will have any number of experiences that she can write about in her college application essays, though.[/quote]

If she goes to college. [/quote]

Her dad and I went to college, as did our parents. I have no reason to believe that she will not go to college. If she doesn't want to go to college, I'm sure she will do something that requires an application essay, and she can use this experience for that. [/quote]

Not sure how you figure. Maybe if it were reversed (only {insert minority here} in class), but I don't think a college would like to hear it from the other perspective.

Signed,
College graduate who was once "the only white kid" in the [i]whole school[/i].[/quote]

I don't think OP has any idea how competitive college admission process has become. She also has no idea the ripple effect she has created for her DD down the road. [/quote]

OP here. Jeez.

When I was deciding what school to send my daughter to, at age 4, the last thing I was concerned about was the college admissions process. Do you have any idea how crazy you sound when you say things like that? By your logic, no one who goes to DCPS, unless it's a DCPS that has more than 50% white kids, will ever go to college, because their parents created a ripple effect that prevented them from getting educated. [/quote]

I think that many on DCUM truly believe this. That's why they run to the burbs.[/quote]

Very American. Can't start the rat race too early! As a European, I might be concerned with my kid's social experience of being the only one of her race (which apparently is racist to worry about), but I wouldn't worry too much about the academics in early elementary, [b]if general standards are met.[/b][/quote]

It was true here when I went to college in 80s. Not so any longer. College process is totally out of control but you have to play the game. [/quote]

You seriously think an intelligent child is unable to catch up in the later elementary grades if they move to a better school then? If so, then how early do you need to worry about academic school quality? In PK? [/quote]

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