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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok we all know about the straightforward things like good grades and extracurricular achievements, right?
What are some other things that aren’t obvious, may not be exactly ethical (but are legal!) and maybe cumbersome but that help?
So far I have thought about:
- quitting jobs and becoming low income for 6 years (2 years before college and 4 years of college)
- moving to a state that sends few people to certain colleges
- homeschooling 
- giving the kid a Hispanic last name and not checking the race on application (no lying involved so..)
- transferring kid to a mediocre but safe high school

I mean I know most of these sound crazy but let’s entertain the thoughts? [/quote]

The thought I'm entertaining is that your list is designed to give the kid a sh***y high school experience for which he or she will resent the hell out of you. Especially if your kid is engaged and interested in academics and is bored senseless for four years of a mediocre high school. Or loathes the state where you move. Or you and your spouse end up fighting because you'rre stressed by being artificially low-income, and the kids hate the fighting. Oh, and extracurriculars your kid might want to do -- and gosh, tiger mom, extracurriculars they NEED to do for that big ol' admission you crave! -- are far less available when youre in Podunk at Mediocre High School and you're poor too.

But you knew all that and came here to stir up s**t, didn't you?

And giving a kid a Hispanic last name, even if you don't check it on the applications, when you are not Hispanic? Still lying. But you know that too. [/quote]

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