Did you get what you wanted out of your post, OP?

OP, where is your DC now? What grade did you apply to? How did you narrow it down to your selection? How has it been? We applied to 3 of the 4 you applied to and are now just waiting.

Wow, the replies to this thread are even more unhinged than usual!

Thank you for this post. I think your overall point on authenticity carries over into college admissions too, to an extent that most people don’t appreciate.

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Anonymous wrote:Is DC at least one of the following: athlete, straight A student, URM or very strong in an extracurricular?

OP here. DC was none of the above. Took all accelerated classes in school, mostly A’s. Maybe ~4 B’s. Talented at a sport but not near recruitment level. A few extracurriculars, nothing too impressive.

Sounds like a meh applicant. Maybe he was the only blah one in the pool and the schools felt like boring was a missing piece of their diversity puzzle. Has he continued his lack of distinction now in school?

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Anonymous wrote:Why did you post this OP? Nothing you said was helpful and the timing is off from the admissions cycle. Humblebrag?

In any case, your kid was accepted but perhaps you should have been rejected. You seem clueless.

Look - I found the Bethesda mom who "dresses to impress" for her DC's campus tour, asks stupid questions, thinks her kid is the "best," and wonders why her kid had to go to Holy Child.

OP is a troll. They could not actually be this stupid.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:First, even a few years makes a difference in how relevant your experience is. Second, you’re several weeks/months late with your advice, as all the events have passed and the process is done except the waiting.

This was roughly 4 years ago. I haven’t been involved in this process since then. And my advice isn’t rendered useless just because the recent application season passed. You’re grabbing at straws trying to find anything to be annoyed about.

It’s not useless for next year but it’s certainly rendered useless for this year.

Your point is?

My point is this post isn’t helpful now.

What was your point or purpose in posting? Your subject line and timing suggests it was to brag rather than to actually provide helpful insights.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First, even a few years makes a difference in how relevant your experience is. Second, you’re several weeks/months late with your advice, as all the events have passed and the process is done except the waiting. [/quote]

This was roughly 4 years ago. I haven’t been involved in this process since then. And my advice isn’t rendered useless just because the recent application season passed. You’re grabbing at straws trying to find anything to be annoyed about.[/quote]
It’s not useless for next year but it’s certainly rendered useless for this year. [/quote]

Your point is?[/quote]

The point is this post arrived one month too late. [/quote]

just like your child, hence why they have birth defects