Reply to Multi-generation Princeton double-legacy. DC doesn't want to go there...help

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Multi-generation Princeton double-legacy. DC doesn't want to go there...help"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
Why don't they understand that it's BECAUSE of your family legacy there that he doesn't want to go? There will be siblings or cousins who will go, so no worries, his generation of the family will be represented there.

I would encourage him to branch out.

But then I suspect that the reason you're all pressuring him is that you're afraid he won't get into an Ivy without his legacy status :-)
[/quote]

OP here. This is not why at all. He intends to apply to places like HYS, other ivies etc anyway. He is a very competitive and accomplished kid in his own right, near the very top of his class. However, he hasn't won an international award or something super extraordinary to guarantee him admission at HYS. At Princeton our legacy status differentiates him from other similarly qualified kids. The other reason the family is pressuring him is that they want him to carry on the tradition, which I understand sounds [b]outlandish to most[/b]. You need to understand that a family with such a long tradition in a specific school eventually develops a kind of [b]warped perception of reality[/b]. For most of my family members it is as if there was no other college in the world other than Princeton. [/quote]

Are you hearing yourself? Really listen to what you just wrote. You basically just said "I understand it is outlandish and warped but I don't care."

Is that what you want for your son? Or do you want him to be happy?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics