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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]

Public school. Yes, paid for SAT prep.

Each one of us has a compelling personal story (you're telling yours here). 
I think the essay is a good college entrance requirement since they'll be writing more of those when they get there. [/quote]

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