Okay non-snowflake, non-helicopter, feminist mother:
,
GET A LIFE.

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Anonymous wrote:My son was admitted to Wake Forest with NO VIDEO. Truly, no need to get hysterical. ...It's your job to help your kid manage all of the natural anxieties that come with this process, not pour fuel on the fire with your freak-out.

NP - no one was freaking out. It was a calm and reasonable question. Your hyperbolic use of a sexist word, however, speaks volumes about you.

When this is the title: Wake Forest wants a video?! with an explanation point...

...then yes, OP is hysterical, which is a word that applies to either gender.

Signed, a non-snowflake, non-helicopter, feminist mother

Anonymous wrote:My son was admitted to Wake Forest with NO VIDEO. Truly, no need to get hysterical. ...It's your job to help your kid manage all of the natural anxieties that come with this process, not pour fuel on the fire with your freak-out.

NP - no one was freaking out. It was a calm and reasonable question. Your hyperbolic use of a sexist word, however, speaks volumes about you.

Honestly, having been to Wake Forest, if this is "too much" for your child- they may want to reconsider. Wake Forest will always demand students go above and beyond. The nickname "Work Forest" is there for a reason. I spent 4 years pushing myself really hard. I had an outstanding education and loved my experience, but it is a pressure cooker with high expectations.

If your kid is stressing out over the application process they need to dial it back. Remove the stress from the striving to get into the best school etc.

If the prompts are causing stress, the schools do that to weed people out.

Our kid didn't do the video but the admissions person said, entertain us. It doesn't and shouldn't be a production.

I think the video is a fun option - giving the kids more ways to express themselves if they want to. If your child does not want to submit then don't. Stay calm.

My son had an interview, no video. Two of his friends were admitted with neither video nor interview. Don’t stress. Great school - size, school spirit, academic rigor and engaged professors. All good.

This could even be a diversity/accommodations move.

Higher education sometimes get pressure to give various ways to complete assignments so that students can choose the one that works best for their learning style.

My son was admitted to Wake Forest with NO VIDEO. Truly, no need to get hysterical. ...It's your job to help your kid manage all of the natural anxieties that come with this process, not pour fuel on the fire with your freak-out.

Anonymous wrote:What nonsense. Hope my kid loses interest if they persist.

This isn't 1985. Kids can make, edit and submit amazing videos in about 10 minutes.

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Anonymous wrote:We toured Wake. So many attractive private school kids. Don’t judge by looks at all.

Wake Forest is not very diverse and not very liberal. Read into that what you will.

Kid there now. It is extremely diverse. And everything - I mean everything - is about diversity and inclusion and very very far left . ideas. Every topic in every class.

Anonymous wrote:My child is at Wake Forest. We all love the quality of education and the staff is excellent. We can’t say enough!

That’s great to hear. Thank you for posting. Do you know if they did a video, or an interview or neither? ED or RD?

My child is at Wake Forest. We all love the quality of education and the staff is excellent. We can’t say enough!

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Anonymous wrote:I believe Wake Forest offered this option because all its optional interview slots for this admission cycle were taken, and they wanted to give every applicant the opportunity to have an off paper submission.

So, op, of your child has an interview, I would not have her submit the video. You seem to be missing the context.

Not sure the rude assumption at the end of your post was necessary. How do you know the context and why do you need to try to shame the OP?

Because op is complaining about something that she didn’t bother to understand before complaining.

And you are nasty. So there's that....

Umm, ok. Time for you to grow up.

What fun to watch grown ups with nothing better to do get their knickers in a twist over a irrelevant post on a college website.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe Wake Forest offered this option because all its optional interview slots for this admission cycle were taken, and they wanted to give every applicant the opportunity to have an off paper submission.

So, op, of your child has an interview, I would not have her submit the video. You seem to be missing the context.

Not sure the rude assumption at the end of your post was necessary. How do you know the context and why do you need to try to shame the OP?

Because op is complaining about something that she didn’t bother to understand before complaining.

And you are nasty. So there's that....

Umm, ok. Time for you to grow up.