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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just because I think OP was tone deaf on this issue doesn't mean I have sour grapes about her child's success. FWIW my kids have had their share of acceptances and rejections at "several of the top 5 schools" as well.  Oops, now I'm humble bragging. ;)
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Same here! We turned these top privates down for magnets, and now DC is going to an ivy.

Guess what? I posted that OP is clueless and tone deaf, and I believe that. When people asked me about colleges, I had a ready answer that involved a lot of eyerolling about luck and how DC fit a really special niche (not a hook) they needed, all to make it seem like this wasn't a judgment on their kids. It's not hard to be kind and thoughtful in this process, and it costs nothing when you're already really happy about your own kid's outcome. It just seems like OP is absorbed in her own wonderfulness that she doesn't want to make the effort.[/quote]

But is he going to a Top Ivy?

Just playing with you, PP.  You know, you really don't have to put on an act with the eyerolling (so unflattering), etc.  Nor do you have to say that your child will go to school "in NJ" or "in Connecticut" or even "in Boston."  Nobody's that awestruck or cowed or envious, primarily because we all know this isn't such a momentous event.   Enjoy your child's accomplishment and luck (there's always an element of each) and be genuine in wishing the other parents and their children well.           [/quote]

PP here. You sound like you need to hear this. You're a total loser!  Sorry your kid is going to Podunk U, while you waste your time missing the point of threads. (Reading comprehension is tough, isn't it? Or maybe you're an alky and that's why you can't understand what's going on on this thread.)  But at least you can get some sad little kicks abusing anonymous internet posters. I hope you and your kid have good lives anyway, although that seems unlikely....[/quote]

Kids are at an Ivy (a Top one, I assure you).  Oh, and we turned down a magnet.  I just don't think any of this entitles me to put on a disingenuous show of modesty.  It's unnecessary and silly  because getting into these schools isn't a golden ticket.  But, hey, good luck to you too in addressing your anger management issues.[/quote]

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