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Anonymous wrote:This is a very important once-in-a-lifetime experience. It’s exactly NOT the time to allow the kid to fizzle out. Give him whatever incentives/encouragement/kicks in ass that will work to keep him focused & productive.

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You will have so many regrets if you don't help them.....ask all the moms who come here in March depressed and can't get off this site bc their kid is now heading to Canada or the UK.

I help with brainstorming and editing, but if you’re suggesting we “write” it (and it sounds like you are?), my kid would never let me write her essays.

Yeah this is our house too. My kid has good ideas but sometimes needs help with the structure/flow of his work. But he's doing the work. And started early because duh, the beginning of the school year can be challenging enough on its own. And plus also, 20 schools?? That's just so crazy to me. Our kid stopped at 6 and got everything in way before the deadline and already has an acceptance back.

Really? High stats? Aiming for T20?
And only 6 apps?
Weird.

The kid knows what he wants. He got into his top choice already. And yes one of those T20 schools y'all are some amped about. Got a little extra merit for applying early even. He's not crazy high stats by dcum standards but he's up there.
Now we wait to see if he gets into any of the others.

Which T20 school has released results already and it's not a binding decision? I have two kids applying to a good number of the T20 schools this year and I don't think there are such colleges.

None. It's a troll.
Not one of them is rolling. If they weren't wouldn't all of our kids applied?????

Not a troll. It's not rolling admissions. It was quite a surprise to get the notice yesterday but I see some others on social media also got notified this week.

Name the school. (If it’s on social media. It’s public. You’re not giving anything away.)

Anonymous wrote:The essays are an absurd exercise in creative writing under pressure, just a contrived hoop to jump through. Then there’s the irony of “test-optional” policies. The schools pat themselves on the back for flexibility there, yet they mandate these elaborate, anecdotal BS essays that put kids at a disadvantage if they’re natural procrastinators or simply not strong writers. It’s got to change.

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Anonymous wrote:Its a race to nowhere. No wait, its a race to see who can play the game.

It is, and with the industry that’s popped up around it, there are a whole lot of suckers getting swindled.

Hand-in-hand with travel sports. People preying on parents’ insecurities and attempts to live through their kids.

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Anonymous wrote:The essays are an absurd exercise in creative writing under pressure, just a contrived hoop to jump through. Then there’s the irony of “test-optional” policies. The schools pat themselves on the back for flexibility there, yet they mandate these elaborate, anecdotal BS essays that put kids at a disadvantage if they’re natural procrastinators or simply not strong writers. It’s got to change.

Why would even a remotely competitive school want “natural procrastinators” and “not strong writers” who can’t get it together when it counts? Doesn’t sound like a winning combo.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is out of steam too. We are submitting the rest of her 4 early applications today. One of them is ED and we chose a realistic one not a crazy reach so we are praying we are done by Christmas. If not we will throw in some more apps over winter break.

Anonymous wrote:The essays are an absurd exercise in creative writing under pressure, just a contrived hoop to jump through. Then there’s the irony of “test-optional” policies. The schools pat themselves on the back for flexibility there, yet they mandate these elaborate, anecdotal BS essays that put kids at a disadvantage if they’re natural procrastinators or simply not strong writers. It’s got to change.