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We went through college admissions last year.
No one I know, NO ONE, was chill about it.

In this day and age, chill does not exist for the families who are aware of what all this entails. Sure, your kid can only apply to safeties, go test-optional, chatGPT their essays. Perhaps the family doesn't fill out financial aid forms. But the kid still need to request letters of recs, transcripts, they still need apply by the deadline, and the Common App has questions few 17 year olds know how to answer about their parents' education... unless they guesstimate that too.

So the only ones who are chill are the ones who are half-assing it.

That IS a legit strategy if you're happy with where they end up, and money is no object, or if they're applying to community college.

But usually parents are a little more demanding, given that college is a lot of money for most households.

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Hate to break your bubble, but there ARE “chill” students. I teach at a DMV private full of high-achieving students. There are definitely students agonizing over supplementals for the 15-17 schools they are applying to. There are an equal number of students, many also high-achieving, who have set very realistic goals for themselves and aren’t stressing.

I’ve been at this a long time. Both groups are going to get into college. Perhaps the stressing group will end up at an Ivy, but most in the other group don’t actually want top 20 schools. And that’s okay.

We should be happy that they are all content with their paths in the end. [/quote]

You, the teacher, knows who is stressing out and who isn't, in the privacy of their own home? If you're so immature that you don't understand that anxiety is not necessary visible to you, the teacher, then I doubt you have enough understanding of human nature to BE a teacher.

School selectivity doesn't matter, since students are at different levels and someone's safety can be someone else's reach. 99% of families find college admissions stressful, regardless of where their kids apply.

Seriously. What abysmal stupidity.[/quote]

You’re really ruining the chill vibe here. Go find a thread with other wound up parents. This one clearly isn’t for you. [/quote]

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