Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 12:45     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Asian family here

"get recruited for a sport"

That's what we tell others. Don't put your kids into music unless they really like it.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 12:31     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Williams students are generally from wealthy families, so they chase long-term prestige/status careers, not money. I'm sure that's difficult for desperate strivers to wrap their head around.

Keep telling your kids to study STEM ... so in 10 years they'll be replaced by H-1Bs who will work for 1/5 their salary.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 12:27     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Isn’t Williams the best liberal arts college in the country?


If spending $300K for a degree that will get you a 50K year job 6 months after graduation, if you are lucky. Then yes.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 12:02     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Just give helpful advice. If I did ask, that means I would honestly want to know. I don't understand why some would be offended
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 11:55     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Isn’t Williams the best liberal arts college in the country?


Yep, if you also believe Princeton is the best university in the country.

Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 11:13     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Oh please, anybody that’s anybody has heard of these colleges. If you haven’t then you’re likely not particularly well informed on anything.


The sentence right above says it all about the type of person who wrote it. Res ipsa loquitor.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 11:09     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Isn’t Williams the best liberal arts college in the country?


No, that would be Amherst.
GO JEFFS!


I think you mean Mammoths
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 10:51     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Isn’t Williams the best liberal arts college in the country?


No, that would be Amherst.
GO JEFFS!
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 10:44     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
OP, I have the same advice to you as I do to some of the other posters.

Be nice. Answer gently about working hard and studying hard for the ACT/SAT. They aren't really asking for an instruction manual.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 10:11     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Oh please, anybody that’s anybody has heard of these colleges. If you haven’t then you’re likely not particularly well informed on anything.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 10:02     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.


Isn’t Williams the best liberal arts college in the country?
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 09:47     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.


Unless you hang with a lot of boarding school families, those aren’t gonna be on people’s radar.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 08:43     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
My kid was accepted to Williams and Swarthmore. My favorite comment was "Oh, I never heard of those schools". Kept me humble.
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 08:15     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
“Not sure whether it was legacy status, the million dollar bequest, or seducing the regional Admissions rep that did the trick! So I’d recommend leaving no stone unturned. Might help to move to Wyoming as well — depends on the school.”
Anonymous
Post 01/21/2018 08:11     Subject: After elite acceptance, how do you re to "Any advice?" ... "How'd ya do it?"
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not to be rude, but I don't think there are any secrets. If not an all-state athlete, earn As and no more than a couple Bs in a challenging schedule, rack up 5s on AP exams, get high PSAT, SAT, SAT subject scores. Illustrate you're outgoing by being super involved at school (leadership positions by 11th and 12th) and outside of school. Do one quirky extracurricular or job for at least three years.

Isn't this all common knowledge?


Sounds like a set-up, structured and stressful 4 years of high school just to look good on college apps to me.

Certainly don't want that to be a goal for my kids. Realistic, authentic, happy, and healthy is what I am striving for.


It’s funny how parents of above average underachievers rationalize their kids wasting so much time with the assertion they are having more fun than the top kids. My kids are top of their respective classes AND popular AND happy. Overachieving makes you cool at their schools.


Wow, you are nasty and arrogant. Truly a disgusting person.


Yeah, geez, awful.
My kid got into an elite college and no one has asked us anything. We’ve just curled up into a ball here worrying about paying for it & hoping that it will be good for DD.
And honestly I’m amazed at how many other kids have also gotten into a top college that suits them nicely, many to a college that is even more elite. Where do you hang out that you feel so superior? We just feel fortunate and thankful.