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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is these threads working people up.  Anecdotal  stories, most often the negative ones, does not mean that it has been a brutal year, or that things are necessarily getting worse.  I have heard of many good results this year.[/quote]

+1  I haven't heard any sob stories yet, just success stories. [/quote]

Well here's one for you....DD....applied to 5 schools within range...and .....5 "wait lists"......[/quote]

[b][i]OP here - please let your DD know that it's not her, that this is a very common thing this year, according to my friend, who is an educational consultant.[/b][/i][/quote]

I am truly sorry, previous poster, that your daughter has been wait-listed at every school that she applied to.  That is indeed a bitter pill to swallow, but now is the time to work with your school counselor to make the strong case to get her off those wait lists.   Please do not give up hope yet!

It appears that the OP is arguing a doom-and-gloom, the-sky-is-falling, it's-nearly-impossible-to-gain-college-admissions point of view.

It is true, OP, that your argument is substantiated in some cases -- as by the previous poster's sad posting about her daughter's wait-listing -- but your argument is also contradicted in equal measures by other, positive-news postings on this and the other college results threads (including OP's original post about her child being admitted to three colleges, the bagpiper's admission to every college (!), and my own child's admission to two colleges).

What contributes to the academic and college anxiety of students and parents alike, in my opinion, are threads like these which "authoritatively" and anecdotally state that it is nearly impossible for qualified students to be admitted to college today.  That is not the case, be intelligent about the process, cast a very wide net, and be willing to look at many schools you might consider safeties.[/quote]

OP here. I am not arguing gloom-and-doom by any means, evidenced by the fact that I stated up front that my kid DID get into three schools. Of course that was turned into I was demanding a 100% acceptance rate. Something I expect from DCUM, given the ego-centric nature of the DC area. 
My point was, is, and will be, that the applications process is fundamentally flawed on many levels. The rankings systems have contributed to racial quotas disguised as [pick name so it doesn't sound like racial quotas], as diversity drives a college up the chart. Kids have had to work at super-human levels in order to even feel like they have a chance at a space in the baby Ivies, never mind the Ivies, unless you can check a box, which has led to a number of mental-health problems, as well as lying on applications. In addition, some 10% of the spaces in these colleges are going to foreign students, because they bring in big bucks.

Somewhere along the line, we have forgotten that these are our CHILDREN, i.e. they are all under 18. At what point do we, as parents, say this is ridiculous, and fight back, rather than push and push our kids into schedules that we ourselves would collapse under? I have brought up the subject with friends who are in pediatrics, as well as mental health. They see what I see - in spades.

There will always be those that attack the messenger. Disagree? Fine. If you don't have anything constructive to say - positive or negative - might I suggest you don't? 
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