Anonymous wrote:DD has gone to Interlochen Summer Arrs program for voice/opera for 4 years. College counselor told us not to mention the name of the camp
On college apps. Because it “wouldn’t look good”.

I hope you ignored the idiotic advice not to mention attendance at an internationally renowned arts camp.

DD has gone to Interlochen Summer Arrs program for voice/opera for 4 years. College counselor told us not to mention the name of the camp
On college apps. Because it “wouldn’t look good”.

The best advice is to be yourself. Colleges want humans not lists of fancy bland things.

DS listed video games and wrote an essay about it. Got into CMU.

Anonymous wrote:You know for a while I was seriously thinking my DS needs to include playing video games becsuse it’s such a big part of his social life and his imagination. However I will probably refrain from advising him to do it. But I am tempted to put a spin on it you know!

Worked for Brown: https://thetab.com/us/brown/2017/08/22/brown-freshman-gets-accepted-with-essays-about-video-games-3919

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Anonymous wrote:Schools already know you are rich by the school your kid attends and the FA info. You are going to be able to hide that info.

Why would you want to? Full pay is an advantage at many schools.

Not at schools that people, especially those of us on DCUM, care about.

Of course not, everyone has a deep appreciation of squash.

Anonymous wrote:Don’t colleges want affluent kids? Someone has to pay full tuition for them to stay in business

At need-aware schools, sure. Trinity, for instance. Write your essay about, I don't know, competing in dressage at an international level.

Don’t colleges want affluent kids? Someone has to pay full tuition for them to stay in business

I grew up skiing, sailing, hiking, biking, doing dressage, competitive equestrian jumping, swimming.
I also studied 7 languages but only 5 stuck. All this for free for all of us and and we were very poor. (Maybe I was a KGB agent in training and it all wasn't available for all).
Not sure why I needed 4 ponies though.
Sad that all this is available for the rich only.

Anonymous wrote:You know for a while I was seriously thinking my DS needs to include playing video games becsuse it’s such a big part of his social life and his imagination. However I will probably refrain from advising him to do it. But I am tempted to put a spin on it you know!

I know someone (currently late 20s and gainfully employed in her field) who based her applications around video games and ended up with a full ride to a school where she was able to get an applied CS degree. Part of the spin she added was gender-related and there were other aspects to the narrative that told a story beyond someone who just plays games in the basement such as working with younger girls on stem projects. In other words, there may be a way to make your son’s narrative work for him.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools already know you are rich by the school your kid attends and the FA info. You are going to be able to hide that info.

Why would you want to? Full pay is an advantage at many schools.

Not at schools that people, especially those of us on DCUM, care about.

Oh, you mean the same 20 schools you all seem to think are the only ones? There are plenty of other great schools, many of which do care about full pay. Face it, your kid is not getting into an Ivy anyway.

Sure, but that's probably true for most of us on here.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools already know you are rich by the school your kid attends and the FA info. You are going to be able to hide that info.

Why would you want to? Full pay is an advantage at many schools.

Not at schools that people, especially those of us on DCUM, care about.

Oh, you mean the same 20 schools you all seem to think are the only ones? There are plenty of other great schools, many of which do care about full pay. Face it, your kid is not getting into an Ivy anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools already know you are rich by the school your kid attends and the FA info. You are going to be able to hide that info.

Why would you want to? Full pay is an advantage at many schools.

Aren’t going to hide it is what I meant to write. Schools want URMs, not more rich white kids.

You're probably the same type of person who thinks schools are admitting legacies and athletes as a sneaky way of admitting rich white kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools already know you are rich by the school your kid attends and the FA info. You are going to be able to hide that info.

Why would you want to? Full pay is an advantage at many schools.

Not at schools that people, especially those of us on DCUM, care about.

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Anonymous wrote:Schools already know you are rich by the school your kid attends and the FA info. You are going to be able to hide that info.

Why would you want to? Full pay is an advantage at many schools.

Aren’t going to hide it is what I meant to write. Schools want URMs, not more rich white kids.