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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d bet my bottom dollar that the large majority of the sanctimonious parents on this thread chiding those of us who had heavy hands in their kids’ essays are paying for private schools and SAT prep courses and doing everything else that their money can buy to better position their kids for college admissions.  Essays, in contrast, are just a bs requirement that nobody really cares about unless you have a truly compelling personal story.

In my kids’ case, I didn’t “brainstorm” with my kids for ideas like many of you say you did.  We all know that “brainstorm” means “plant the idea in my kid’s head on what to write, then claim it was their idea.”  Basically my kids showed me their essays, and I was like “no, no, no” and edited the hell out of it.  That’s what I mean when I said I “basically” wrote it.  Whatever.  [/quote]

You are I think pretty far off the mark.  Private school does not help with college admission. In fact it can hurt unless you are at the top.  You are nuts if you don’t prep for the sat.  They read the essay and it can make it break depending on the school.  Edit sure.  Putting that essay together should take time.  With lots of eyes on it like the English teacher.   Nothing bs about this.  [/quote]

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