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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a family who just went through the college admissions process with two kids at two different DC privates, yes, it does get ugly at times.  The most polite thing that happened to both of my kids, was [b]classmates asking them not to apply to a certain school [/b]because it was classmates' first choice, and my DCs application would hurt classmates chances of getting in.

That was polite; it got worse from there.  Lots of academic cheating happens as well.

Good luck - I'm glad it's all over![/quote]

How could classmates know where your children apply?  Were your DC already been accepted into a non-binding EA when classmates asked?

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I'm the PP quoted here.  All these schools are small - everyone knows everyone and they all talk about where they're applying, as much as the school leadership and counselors tell them not to. And yes, they are all vying for the same 20-30 schools so it's really tough.

Yes, my DCs still applied to those schools; one was EA and one regular admission. In one case, both DC and classmate got in (it was my DC's safety); in the other case, DC got in and classmate did not. One was an Ivy and one was not.

Previous question on academic cheating - lots of ways to cheat, but DCs told me of students paying other students to write papers for them.  Really smart students doing the writing, and the going rate was $100.00. It's not uncommon.  [/quote]

Yes, that is really tough.  :roll: [/quote]

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