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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of parents that lie. I was watching an interview of one of the less well known kids caught up in the cheating scandal. He said his parents told all his friends that he did all the work to get into Yale  himself. While most parents don’t have the money to bribe like these folks many parents lie about SAT and GPA or initiative. While that was obviously wrong, it’s not unethical to lead your kid to the water.

My smart kid was not interested in researching colleges. She wanted only ONE school and that’s probably where she will end up but it would have been foolish to have had her apply only to the ONE school.

What I did was ask her questions like do you want warm or cold weather etc? Do you want a big or small school? What’s else is important to you? I found schools in our budget that matched her desires. I told her to apply to 8 of these schools. Other than favorite she chose ones that generally required less extra effort.[b] I did all the administrative paperwork filled in her grades SRAR etc and sent her emails with Essay prompts. I bugged her daily last August to get them in. Essays prompt responses were completely hers but I inputted them into the portal.[/b] She had a 34 ACT and 3.79 GPA UW.[/quote]

Speechless. [/quote]

I was the PP at 14:26 and 15:08...I seriously can't believe that parents think that is OK.  Do they fill out job applications too?  When little she/he starts college in the next 12 months are they going to be writing their paper's too?  I mean cut the leash people, if your child isn't motivated, intelligent, savvy or capable of navigating this process with minimal guidance than [b]maybe they need to find another path in life[/b].[/quote]

GMAFB

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NP. I am genuinely curious about whether these parents think their kids are going to do just fine in college all on their own. [/quote]

No, they will be wiping their nose and doing their laundry....GFMAFB person is a the one still making warm milk and making little she/he's bed in the morning after tea and biscuits....pathetic[/quote]

And you've got it all figured out  :roll:  GMAFB means - oh my god, you think that my kid isn't college ready because they are letting their parents do some of the administrative stuff for college apps? I'm glad to hear that you think that most 17/18 year olds are so mature and can naviagate life so perfectly that if they get a little help from anyone, they are doomed DOOMED for some other path in life. There is still a lot of personal and cognitive growth that occurs in the young adult's life, my dear. Some kids figure it out sooner than others.

Be glad your money paid for the counseling and guidance at your private schools. [/quote]

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