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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Invariably posters who mention scores or gpas *without* providing an actual number get asked for the number anyway. Might as well mention it to start with. It pretty true for most posts here actually.

OP: Did your kid have a job between 11th and 12th?
P1: Yes
P2 and/or OP: What job, P1? 
P1: An internship at a company in the field they are interested in. 
P-whatever and/or OP: Was it a paid internship, P1?

P1 should have just said “Yes, my kid has a paid internship at a company in the field they are interested in” in the first place, even though the OP of this thread apparently would see that as bragging extra info. [/quote]

Yes! The reply that OP considers "bragging" is so much more informative and potentially helpful. Why the heck would anyone reply "yes" to Did your kid have a summer job? It is implied that more details are requested.

Even for the first SAT question, giving the score is informative [b]because it gives people an idea of what scores kids are ultimately happy with, and how many tries it took to get to that point[/b]. [/quote]

How is this relevant?[/quote]

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