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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seems like good advice if the family's absolute priority is to get admission into an ivy or ivy-ish school. But this parent driven strategy since 9th grade, with tutors involved at first A- or B, and focusing on every single point on each small assignment and curating interests/ECs and manufacturing their "passion" to create a narrative just for the purposes of ivy admission sounds exhausting and inauthentic. I do wonder as parents what we are teaching our kids if we follow this strategy and they observe what matters to us.

I don't see a lot of failure, creativity or authenticity being celebrated here.

College "entrance" is not a destination in itself. I do worry this coaching is so focused on entry not experience.

These are the last years our kids will live with us full-time. This is their adolescence and the end of their teen years. It should be for exploration, ups and downs and learning from bumps. Not just a curated well-paved path to enter a prestigious place with tons of scaffolding and support.[/quote]

I don’t know my first got in unhooked with no branding or paid counselor. I was his essay editor. A few weeks of test prep. That’s it. He just did what he wanted, had a summer job, etc[/quote]

What major?
Asian?

My theory is that branding is only necessary for oversubscribed majors when you are an Asian male. You kind of have to fight an uphill battle there.[/quote]

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