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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC is a recent graduate. Neither they nor their best friends (all top 5 schools) posted on Instagram. It is laughable to put any credibility to a self reported social media list. [/quote]

Did they just get into lower-tier colleges?

Anyone's kid get into HYPSM and not post on Insta?
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We know of a couple, not HYPSM but T10 schools. Some kids are just very humble, private or empathetic (to those who haven't done as well). And there are probably some who don't post because they think they won't compare well to others. So it cuts both ways.

But when a large proportion of the graduating class posts (as is the case for some schools), that is a highly reliable data source. And a more informative data source than list of "acceptances" put out by schools, which essentially tell you very little unless there is also information on how many are going where. [/quote]

None of my kids friends posted. Their friend group will attend Ivy league, top 20 and highly regarded flagships (UNC Chapel Hill, for example).  They are simply not into social media. It didn't occur to me that people would think posting has any correlation with how excited they are about their schools.

I also hope the kids who are "embarrassed" about schools are quickly buoyed up by those they know IRL.  I wish I knew these kids myself so I could say, "Congrats!  You are going to college, it is up to you to make it awesome," and remind them there is practically no correlation with lifetime success and where one gets their degree.  I went to a school you likely never heard of and it was a formative, fun and life-changing experience.  I was damn proud that I graduated high school and enrolled in college, period (extra proud because I was first-gen, though back in the day, I didn't have the wisdom to be anything but embarrassed of that fact).  High school graduates who are going on to college should be celebrated.[/quote]

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