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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have friends I talk about college admission with, and those I don't. I'm very interesting in the process. Find it fascinating, a great way to learn about other areas of the country and schools, and people and why they make the decisions they do. When I find another parent like this we bond instantly. I have other friends, dear friends, who don't want to talk. By having them in my life I'm better conditioned, more sensitive to be careful.[/quote]

I totally get the not wanting to hash out every second of the application/admittance process because it can be stressful to some people and not a lot of fun.  I also get not wanting to have to discuss in minute detail why a kid chose to attend a particular school because people love to jump to baseless assumptions (oh, they can't afford the better school or they didn't get in anywhere better or they must be up to their ears in debt sending their kid to that school...blah, blah, blah).  Intrusive questions like "How on earth are you going to pay for that school??" are not the same thing as "Where is your DS/DD going to college?"  Or "What is your kid majoring in?"

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