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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious OP - why continue on with RDs at other institutions if you got in SCEA Harvard?  It's expensive, time-consuming, nail-biting, an enormous hassle and a stressor on your kid.  I don't get it.[/quote]

I see nothing wrong with a successful senior benchmarking that success by applying to other Top Ivies. [/quote]

That's the kid who will end up without close friends and other families for future recommendations and  network.  What people don't think about is greediness leads them to be viewed as  selfish, inconsiderate and either not very smart about or blundering their social collateral.  With all the early hooks, seldom would most view entry as the sign of a senior being successful purely on academic merit so what is that benchmark worth?  What will be noted and remembered is the lack of character.   Families who do this are forever remarked upon as lacking graciousness and not to be trusted.  And in your case it didn't work so your DC's H success is not going to be attributed to merit at all on her part.  The most successful families we know do not do this.[/quote]
Trust me, no one will even remember, let alone nurse a grudge. Do you remember who applied to which college back in High school? If you do, I would think you were a bit psycho.[/quote]

It's not the specific decision that shows the type of behavior described by PP.  But, likely indicative of a pattern of behavior.  I do remember a sorority sister -very smart- who had a full ride to our university. FULL RIDE. Plus additional scholarship money.  Great for her.  However, she didn't need all that additional money.  She basically attended college at no cost. I'm sure saved some for grad school. But, spent a fair amount of that scholarship money on purchases at J.Crew and other clothing stores. That money could have gone to another student who actually needed the money.  I still judge her harshly for that greed and selfishness.[/quote]

Thank heavens an idiot like you is not running our country. You need to take some basic lessons in economics. This obsession with hating people who "allegedly have more" than "what I have" is ruining this country. Most people have more because they "worked for it". This girl got the merit aid, because she deserved it. Redistributing her aid to some other student, just because....... is a terrible idea. Merely Redistributing the "output of production" from the more productive person to the less productive person does little to help the less productive person become more productive. Idi Amin tried this is Uganda. The Ugandan economy collapsed after he unilaterally usurped the wealth of an immigrant community and handed it over to the locals. [/quote]

You know you've made a compelling argument when it starts off with name calling.

You think the girl who received aid was the only one who "worked for it" or was "less productive"? You think there was no one close to her grades/activities? You know as well as I do that these decisions regarding aid, acceptances, etc. often come down to splitting hairs. I didn't begrudge her getting the aid, in and of itself, as she is a very smart woman.  But, that scholarship money was meant to help with schooling not to buy a fancy flannel. That's greedy and selfish, to the point one of the first PPs stated. And I agree with it.

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Are you nuts? Merit aid is by definition given out to people that the college decides deserve it more than others. It is their money, they get to decide. Who died and made you the judge on who deserves that pot of money and who doesn't and what that pot should be used for. Stop your smug virtue signaling. Properly channeled greed and selfishness is what populated this country and propelled it to become a world super power in remarkably short time.

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