I'm having a very, very hard time believing this story.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1rqlu3s/hopecore_1310_sat_student_with_a_c_on_transcript/
Was reading this post this morning. Everyone is stressed out at this point, so it's refreshing to read inspiring stories like this.

Wish everyone best of luck in the final two weeks!

How did he get into Chicago with 1310 and Cs? No hook.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1rqlu3s/hopecore_1310_sat_student_with_a_c_on_transcript/
Was reading this post this morning. Everyone is stressed out at this point, so it's refreshing to read inspiring stories like this.

Wish everyone best of luck in the final two weeks!

How is this story inspiring? If this student got such mediocre grades and scores after working super hard in middle and high school, how is s/he going to survive at U Chicago?

They will have to work hard to be a below-average 3.4-3.5 student, but that is good enough as a grad from a UChicago.
As long as they do not want med, law or phD they will be able to get a job somewhere with that GPA from UC, or would likely get into a T50 masters program without funding and figure it out.

It depends on their major. If it’s engineering/stem/econ, then it’s a long shot. They might end up moving down the list until they’re in a major they feel comfortable with.

Colleges have intentionally created a lot of this mess.

They've put more money into marketing and admissions management experts than into paying their own professors. All with the intention of driving up applications and yield while driving down acceptance rates. They do this to boost their own ratings and prestige. And it means more pressure to apply ED, more pressure to apply to more schools, and the advent of vehicles that are purely designed to manipulate school stats, like the freshman year abroad programs, that have questionable benefits to students.

They've raised tuition at rates that far outstrip inflation, making the investment in college higher stakes for families.

All of this would be less egregious if colleges were for-profit institutions. But as non-profits that accept lots of our taxpayer dollars, their motives should be more altruistic.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1rqlu3s/hopecore_1310_sat_student_with_a_c_on_transcript/
Was reading this post this morning. Everyone is stressed out at this point, so it's refreshing to read inspiring stories like this.

Wish everyone best of luck in the final two weeks!

How is this story inspiring? If this student got such mediocre grades and scores after working super hard in middle and high school, how is s/he going to survive at U Chicago?

They will have to work hard to be a below-average 3.4-3.5 student, but that is good enough as a grad from a UChicago.
As long as they do not want med, law or phD they will be able to get a job somewhere with that GPA from UC, or would likely get into a T50 masters program without funding and figure it out.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1rqlu3s/hopecore_1310_sat_student_with_a_c_on_transcript/
Was reading this post this morning. Everyone is stressed out at this point, so it's refreshing to read inspiring stories like this.

Wish everyone best of luck in the final two weeks!

Not sure why is the reddit post "inspiring"?

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Anonymous wrote:Every year around this time until summer, many families go through the college admissions torture (congrats to those who have survived it).

I can’t help but wonder why colleges haven’t figured out a better system that works for most people. In my opinion, it’s only getting worse. Kids seem to start preparing or being prepared for college admissions since they were fetus

This is not the fault of colleges.

Not the fault but things can be done in a more positive way. Right now it looks like hunger games and deliberately done this way

More positive how?

Things are the way they are now because there are more kids and more class anxiety and from that came the rise of the college admissions industrial complex. People who are swimming in it can't see it: private counselors and services, podcasts, social media brags, etc. Parents, high school counselors, and students created this. None of this is coming from the colleges.

You could bring up the cost issue, sure. But as the wealth gap widens they rely on full pay kids to pay for the non-full pays. The only thing that will bring down costs is when loans are harder to get. They could add more seats - and some of them have. But ultimately there are seats for everyone who wants to attend. The issue is certain people only want to attend certain ones. That creates the hunger games.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year around this time until summer, many families go through the college admissions torture (congrats to those who have survived it).

I can’t help but wonder why colleges haven’t figured out a better system that works for most people. In my opinion, it’s only getting worse. Kids seem to start preparing or being prepared for college admissions since they were fetus

This is not the fault of colleges.

Gee whiz, imagine if colleges ever took on the role of innovating for the good of society.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every year around this time until summer, many families go through the college admissions torture (congrats to those who have survived it).

I can’t help but wonder why colleges haven’t figured out a better system that works for most people. In my opinion, it’s only getting worse. Kids seem to start preparing or being prepared for college admissions since they were fetus

This is not the fault of colleges.

Not the fault but things can be done in a more positive way. Right now it looks like hunger games and deliberately done this way

Anonymous wrote:Every year around this time until summer, many families go through the college admissions torture (congrats to those who have survived it).

I can’t help but wonder why colleges haven’t figured out a better system that works for most people. In my opinion, it’s only getting worse. Kids seem to start preparing or being prepared for college admissions since they were fetus

This is not the fault of colleges.

Anonymous wrote:I am constantly amazed at the posts on DCUM year-round that are written by a parent who outright detests their child as not enough. The parent who seethes with resentment and disappointment. This kid isn't good enough, attractive enough, social enough, impressive enough, and/or smart enough to get into that top university. This child is nothing more than a mirror to this parent, a glitter achievement pony meant to make the parent sparkle. It's very sad to read those type of posts. God bless their children. I hope He is looking over them and protecting them from this parent because it's truly awful to be the child of a parent who hates you on a basic level -- and you know it, because you can feel it every time you walk into the room. Let your kids know they are enough, right now, today, every day.

Social media and influencer effects. People like to compare.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1rqlu3s/hopecore_1310_sat_student_with_a_c_on_transcript/
Was reading this post this morning. Everyone is stressed out at this point, so it's refreshing to read inspiring stories like this.

Wish everyone best of luck in the final two weeks!

How is this story inspiring? If this student got such mediocre grades and scores after working super hard in middle and high school, how is s/he going to survive at U Chicago?

I am constantly amazed at the posts on DCUM year-round that are written by a parent who outright detests their child as not enough. The parent who seethes with resentment and disappointment. This kid isn't good enough, attractive enough, social enough, impressive enough, and/or smart enough to get into that top university. This child is nothing more than a mirror to this parent, a glitter achievement pony meant to make the parent sparkle. It's very sad to read those type of posts. God bless their children. I hope He is looking over them and protecting them from this parent because it's truly awful to be the child of a parent who hates you on a basic level -- and you know it, because you can feel it every time you walk into the room. Let your kids know they are enough, right now, today, every day.

Every year around this time until summer, many families go through the college admissions torture (congrats to those who have survived it).

I can’t help but wonder why colleges haven’t figured out a better system that works for most people. In my opinion, it’s only getting worse. Kids seem to start preparing or being prepared for college admissions since they were fetus

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/1rqlu3s/hopecore_1310_sat_student_with_a_c_on_transcript/
Was reading this post this morning. Everyone is stressed out at this point, so it's refreshing to read inspiring stories like this.

Wish everyone best of luck in the final two weeks!