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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is the kind of thing that makes me livid about college admissions. My kid was completely independent with her work, class choices, ECs all through high school -  and college applications .  She made some mistakes and despite recovering beautifully (also on her own), she’s shut out of colleges who will take the perfect but micro-managed kids who aren’t ready to do it alone in college.

Looking at you W & M. [/quote]'

That's awful judgmental and obnoxious of you PP.  I posted recently on this thread about my DD who is struggling with freshman year and has required more hand holding than most, but you know what? She was great in HS. Didn't even need a single reminder to get things done, straight A student, very involved great leadership. Then COVID hit and her life changed, lost all motivation junior year and stayed in distance learning until she graduated last year, which really put her behind the 8 ball going back into in person learning at a competitive college. Just because someone has mental health challenges, or even developed them fairly recently, does not mean your kid deserves her spot at the college she's at.[/quote]

I was responding to OP, not you. Mental health was not part of the original post.

Colleges were supposed to consider the DL/Covid adjustment issues in admissions when reviewing applications. And that was my point. My kid had plenty of issues but still did their own work and applications and was ultimately punished with rejections because I didn’t micromanage her instead.  Colleges say they want self-driven, independent students, but they admit the flawless applications that are mostly curated by intense parental management. Therefore we have parents of scholarship winners wondering if they should monitor college grades. [/quote]

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