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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s clear on one college admissions thread after another than Big 3 parents are truly unhinged.  You know what else was “just talk?”   That there was a pizza parlor in NW that was a cover for a pedophile ring.  That the election was stolen. Etc.

Chitter chatter among your privileged children that then arrives to you is a very unreliable source as to who is applying where to college, who is applying ED, and who has what grades, test scores and legacy status.  You all need to chill out and worry about your own kid.

The simple fact is this:  multiple kids from the same high school often apply to the same colleges, and you’re never going to know how many and what their numbers are.  Many colleges fill up a large proportion of their entering classes with ED admits.  If your kid is well within the zone for a particular college with their stats, and you are full pay, you have as good as chance as any applicant at getting in ED regardless of whether somebody else in your kid’s class has better numbers.  They’ll get in, too.

Seriously, Big 3 posters, doesn’t all of your constant competing exhaust you?  What are you going to do to fill your time when the kids are gone?[/quote]

Wow, this is a lot of accusation to place someone you never met with the pizza gate folks.  Please be careful, I knew people at a comet that evening.

I am OP, whose kid attends a “big 3” (object to that term, for the record) and my original post was how my kid was staying in their lane and wondered if others would do so too… and I read this thread that most do, within reason.  I also appreciated other perspectives like the Yale/Swarthmore poster who reminded me that other kids may have preferences and experiences which lead them to do things differently.

My take on message boards is you can’t categorize a group of people on a few anecdotes, and each post is a few sentences removed from real life. I try to give posters the benefit of the doubt, including you, who I am hoping is trying to provide perspective to others.

(I also want to add, as for competing, my kid helped others applying to same school with their common applications.  Kids also routinely proof each other’s essays.  So please don’t assume they all have some competitive mindset.)[/quote]

Ha ha ok.  So nice of your kid to help other underprivileged Big 3 kids with their common applications and essays.  I’m sure they really needed the help, and that your kid is the best among them and uniquely qualified to do so.

I mean, c’mon now. [/quote]

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