Anonymous wrote:I hear you OP and don't think this is a stupid thread or in the wrong place.

Yes it is b/c people who drop contact with everyone they know, change their bank accounts, get a different phone number, and delete their social media presence are vying for attention and incredibly immature like Nayla Kidd, mentally ill, or are fugitives from justice--pedophiles, murders, embezzlers do this.

I hear you OP and don't think this is a stupid thread or in the wrong place.

Anonymous wrote:OP here: I'm not surprised at any of the snarky remarks. If you don't get the point, that's more a reflection of your issues and not mine.

Okay, Nayla.

"I skipped my final exams, changed bank accounts, got a second phone number and deleted my Facebook page...I needed to break from my old life of high pressure and unreasonable expectations..."

This isn't going off the grid and not how an adult should deal with pressures in life.

stupid thread...

A friend of mine went to HYP and the same thing happened to him, however we found out that he suffered from a mental illness as well as an acquaintance of his. The Ivy League isn't for everyone

It's here because I chose to put it here...

Why is this thread even here? It should be in family and relationships or psychology. Or marketing, as it seems this is a way to jump start her modeling career? A book perhaps?

She is incredibly selfish. All she thinks about is me, me me. She didn't contact her mother for Mother's Day leading her mother to think something awful happened to her. She could have sent a one line message about needing space. She wasted time and resources the police could have been searching for someone else. "Woe is me"...no one is friendly at Columbia, I am not getting A's, I don't like my classes. I like my 50,000 dollar a year boarding school better. Boo boo, cry me a river. There are plenty of ways to drop out of college that don't involve worrying your friends and family. Now she plans on modeling. Let's see how that works out.

She could have just taken a leave of absence and applied to schools that fit her better....what a crazy way to use govt resources and worry her family

Anonymous wrote:OP, who really cares about some self involved twit who needlessly worried her family and friends?

This isn't exactly a "PSA" about pressuring your kid to get into an ivy or the pressures of school. Also, many kids from public school go to prestigious universities. I'm not sure why you felt compelled to post.

Agree. And what in the world does Ivy League have to do with this?

OP here: I'm not surprised at any of the snarky remarks. If you don't get the point, that's more a reflection of your issues and not mine.

Anonymous wrote:OP, who really cares about some self involved twit who needlessly worried her family and friends?

This isn't exactly a "PSA" about pressuring your kid to get into an ivy or the pressures of school. Also, many kids from public school go to prestigious universities. I'm not sure why you felt compelled to post.

+1.

Entitled b*tch doesn't start to describe her. What a waste of a university spot.

OP, who really cares about some self involved twit who needlessly worried her family and friends?

This isn't exactly a "PSA" about pressuring your kid to get into an ivy or the pressures of school. Also, many kids from public school go to prestigious universities. I'm not sure why you felt compelled to post.

"Off the grid?" No.

There have been a few threads on here about private schools (and which are the best for your child to get into an Ivy school). I think this is a reminder that whatever kids do it needs to be a right fit and something they are passionate about.

http://nypost.com/2016/05/29/why-i-had-to-escape-my-ivy-league-life-and-disappear/