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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get it. If he's so smart, hasn't he read all the professors' web pages and looked at what courses and clubs and research programs and summer programs, etc, are offered at each college, and figured out which is his first and second choice?  He should know what he would write in his essay that would convey what he would contribute to the school's scholarship and community. DCUM cannot answer this for you.

I am genuinely puzzled by all these brilliant, rich, private schoool kids who don't bother to do their own research and figure out which colleges appeal to them and why. [/quote]

Kindly, I don't expect that would you understand. Successful private school students that come from highly rigorous schools obviously have ideas about where they'd like to go to schools, but most of them are also working insane hours each day with school, sports, extracurricular, job, internship, etc. commitments. The parents that send their kids to these schools generally are more involved, or place a higher value on academics, therefore they will do their own research, too. A person who's child is lower energy and from a less demanding school would likely not understand these things. DP [/quote]

NP. This doesn’t make any sense. What’s low energy about a kid actually doing their own research?

It does make me laugh, though, because two recent college tour guides wrapped up their tours by telling the group they chose the school because their mom told them to. Very impressive![/quote]

I don't understand the point of anything you just said. [b]Low energy means if you go to school at 9:45 am in your pajama pants then come home and bed rot while looking on your phone for five hours you have more time to do a deep dive into colleges.[/b] If you have kids that are gone from the house 12 hours a day going from school, to activity/job, to hours of homework you understand why it's beneficial to have a parent also researching college. Honestly, the more people that are vested in a child's success, including that child, the better. Obviously, there are lots of public school kids that work this hard, too. My guess is that they also have involved parents. As you can see from your college tour guides (usually successful students), kids that have involved parents tend to be more successful and healthy young adults. Like I said, if you're not living that life, you won't understand. Peace. [/quote]

I absolutely love the idea that this fictional kid is “reading all the professors' web pages and looking at courses and clubs and research programs and summer programs…” Thanks for the laugh. You’re clearly a very happy and fun person to be around. [/quote]

Agree. That kid is immature and obviously wouldn't be doing that. Those that have the time are usually not inclined to do so. Those that don't have the time are usually working their booties off during this crazy competitive college admissions process and lack the time to be able to do so. The worst are the kids that do nothing but their parents pull strings and get them into good colleges edging out kids that actually deserve the opportunity.

You can't surmise whether I'm fun or not based on a DCUM post. But totally agree we likely run with different circles. [/quote]

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