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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]The competitive parenting around this issue is real and ugly.  And it is much worse at the "big 3" schools than other privates, that also send kids to great colleges.[/b]

OP, be proud of your DC for showing the self-awareness to not get caught up in all that.

Back in the 1970s at NCS they used to post a list of where each girl applied and then they put check marks by the schools she got in, a master list put up in a hallway.  It was taken down when a girl attempted suicide.[/quote]

So true. That's why I hate it when the conversation on these forums veers to the Big 3. Lot's of nice kids attend and I know nice parents as well but the use of these schools for bragging rights by a great many insecure parents is tiresome and boorish beyond measure. No one knows about or cares about the Big 3 outside of Washington. No one is impressed by the Big 3 outside of Washington.

I really feel sorry for OP's kid. Worrying that your kid will be outed and you'll be embarrassed because he/she doesn't attend a school that you deem worthy of respect. Way to make your kid feel lousy about himself. It's disgusting.[/quote]

You clearly misinterpreted my post. I would never make my kid feel lousy and I'm going to be thrilled wherever he goes. I just feel a certain amount of pressure that he not go to a community college or to not such a great school and I know he doesn't want to go to UMD. He is a junior so I have more than a few months to think about this. I think once we find some safety schools and some "appropriate reach" schools that he really likes I'll feel better. Right now he talks about schools that he has heard of and most are really hard to get into.
On the other hand, I'm not sure I want to pay for a small, never heard of school when UMD is much cheaper and at least people have heard of it. Lots to worry about  :) [/quote]

Point taken and sorry for judging you. Clearly I was wrong. I'd be interested to know what schools you consider "never heard of schools". You might be surprised![/quote]

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