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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LOL DCUM be like
I’ll pay for private school, hire tutors, pay for test prep, pay a college consultant, stalk DCUM’s college thread, and college confidential, advocate to have child assessed, they may need more time, inspect class rigor each year in HS, calculate potential gpa, spring for spring break trips to do campus tours, stalk college websites….
….but the college essay?
God no, didn’t even peek at it. Cuz now that’s where I draw the line.

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Hahahahah

So true.  But, of course, the same people who have been glued to this thread will now come back and say nooooo that’s not me I didn’t do any of those things I just happened to stumble upon a thread called “college essays” because I’m totally uninvolved in my kid’s college applications.  Lol.

What’s really going on here is that they are all so competitive that they are irked by the possibility, even though there is no possibility, that what I did with my kids’ essay hurt their kids in the college application process.  They are obsessed.[/quote]

There is a difference between being informed and cheating. You want to set up some hyperbolic scenario that only fits a small few to justify your cheating.  Ugh.

Yes, some people invest in lots of resources for their kids. We can't afford that, so I do try to stay informed to advise.  But, neither advising nor enrichment equates to writing the essay. Yikes.[/quote]

Sigh.  I’m going to spell it out again.  My kid came up with the topic on her own (no “brainstorming” with a paid “essay consultant” or college admissions counselor) and write a full first draft.  Then I looked at it, edited the absolute bejesus out of it, and she decided which edits to accept.  She didn’t accept all of them.  So when I said I “basically wrote it” I was being a little sarcastic.  I don’t think what I did made any difference other than to make me feel better and I’m quite certain it had no impact on my - or your - kid’s college admissions.

The only difference between me and many other posters is, ironically, my honesty.  I am quite certain I had far less of a hand in my kids’ college applications than many of you.  [/quote]

Sigh. You've already admitted to essentially rewriting it when you say, "Editing the bejesus out of it." That is writing it. Yes, the kid started it, but you wrote it too. It is a co-authored essay. For the purposes of the application,  that is cheating. [/quote]

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