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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, I’ll share with you advice I gleaned on this this subject at the briefing given to junior parents by the head counselor at the very prestigious NYC private school.

So the fact that this challenge was addressed means it is actually a real problem for seniors.

Try something like:  “There are a lot of different colleges/kinds of colleges I’m interested in/could be interested in attending/colleges where I could be happy”  If pressed, I’ll definitely let you know.“

If pressed on a particular college “Thanks so much for the info.  I’ll definitely take that into consideration.”

At the briefing, they didn’t get into specific questions about SAT scores.  I can’t believe anyone would ask that.  If so, maybe a very ironic [b]“Who knows, my mom takes care of that.  Maybe ask her?” [/b] Okay so that would maybe work for my rude DC, maybe not for everyone.   :) [/quote]

I love that!

But yeah, adults will ask about scores.  A friend of mine was at a doctor's appointment, got into small talk with the doctor about the fact that her kid is a high school senior looking at college, and the doctor asked his score!   When she told him, he was super rude and critical about it (not being high enough) too.[/quote]

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