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Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

Let's face it, you come off in a way I doubt you intend with your saying such a thing. You sound uneducated when you make statements like this.

Serious question, how many parents use the expression, “WTF?”

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Anonymous wrote:OP if your kid wants they can apply to colleges that do not require essays.

California State - no essays and 22 colleges applied to in one sitting.

There's a list of US colleges that do not require essays:

64 colleges

https://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-that-dont-require-essays

Quite a bad criterion to use though (in picking a college), wouldn’t you say??

I think it's a great criterion! Cuts out the BS and saves colleges a bunch of money to read made up stories written by someone else. What do you say?

Chat gpt is helpful for this.

People worry about rich people buying SAT preps and unfairness all the time, but don't mind them buyng consultants and professional writers for the essays.

WTF am I missing?

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Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

Stop with the rich kid thing. It isn't true for 99.9% of kids. Why does it makes you feel better to create a scapegoat for a process every college applicant will go through?

yet people always say rich people buy SAT scores thus it's unfair

Test optional proponents freak out if you mention no essays

Because the majority of kids write their own essays. They may have guidance with brainstorming and editing, but most do not "pay someone to write the essay" .
Essays tell a lot more than some standardized test. It is the opportunity to tell the AO a bit more about yourself---whether it is true or not is up to the applicant. And yes for the ones that have 4+ supplementals, it does help weed out those that are not actually interested.

Omg. You people are so naive.

Our neighbor had two other neighbors currently at school of choice write his essay. Another dad told me he wrote his kids and paid someone to edit it. A few more told my kid they used chatGPT. Another used a much older sibling’s old essay.

Essays are the easiest of the 3 to cheat with: test scores zero opportunity almost and GPA is on your transcript.

Where do you live? Sounds l like a neighborhood full of sleazy families. I hate to hear that kids are being raised with these values.

It is really not universal.

Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

This is crap. While on DCUM basis we are not rich, we are full pay at 2 universities at the moment (DC #3 is a rising HS sophomore, they will also be full pay). Our kids currently in college took 12 and 13 APs each, one was a varsity athlete (2 sports) and the other a theatre kid (did HS and private theatre every year), and worked every summer since 15 (lifeguarding, and babysat before that).

They wrote their essays in August, but prepped for them long before and one kid didn't finish all their applications until November 1, the other was done before HS sports practice started in August. We have a boy and a girl, DC #3 is a boy, also an athlete, also good with time management.

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Anonymous wrote:OP if your kid wants they can apply to colleges that do not require essays.

California State - no essays and 22 colleges applied to in one sitting.

There's a list of US colleges that do not require essays:

64 colleges

https://blog.prepscholar.com/colleges-that-dont-require-essays

Quite a bad criterion to use though (in picking a college), wouldn’t you say??

It's a response to the OP's dilemma. If her kid wants to apply to colleges but not submit essays, there are plenty who will look at his applications without an essay.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

Apply to fewer colleges if that’s an issue. Or better yet, only apply where the kid will actually go if accepted.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

Stop with the rich kid thing. It isn't true for 99.9% of kids. Why does it makes you feel better to create a scapegoat for a process every college applicant will go through?

Besides the issue is kids that constantly have tutors, who deem themselves “not rich”.

What is wrong with having a tutor if you need one?

A tutor if you need one is very different than what some people do - which is a tutor for every class. If you need a tutor for every class, you are obviously taking the wrong classes.

Historically, schools have always had their own essays or supplemental essays. The common app came about fairly recently. Many schools are actually getting rid of optional essays to encourage more kids to apply. OP probably didn't apply to as many schools.

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Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

Stop with the rich kid thing. It isn't true for 99.9% of kids. Why does it makes you feel better to create a scapegoat for a process every college applicant will go through?

yet people always say rich people buy SAT scores thus it's unfair

Test optional proponents freak out if you mention no essays

Because the majority of kids write their own essays. They may have guidance with brainstorming and editing, but most do not "pay someone to write the essay" .
Essays tell a lot more than some standardized test. It is the opportunity to tell the AO a bit more about yourself---whether it is true or not is up to the applicant. And yes for the ones that have 4+ supplementals, it does help weed out those that are not actually interested.

Omg. You people are so naive.

Our neighbor had two other neighbors currently at school of choice write his essay. Another dad told me he wrote his kids and paid someone to edit it. A few more told my kid they used chatGPT. Another used a much older sibling’s old essay.

Essays are the easiest of the 3 to cheat with: test scores zero opportunity almost and GPA is on your transcript.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

Stop with the rich kid thing. It isn't true for 99.9% of kids. Why does it makes you feel better to create a scapegoat for a process every college applicant will go through?

Besides the issue is kids that constantly have tutors, who deem themselves “not rich”.

What is wrong with having a tutor if you need one?

Anonymous wrote:I do not remember so many essays when I applied to college.

So we have the common app essay- great, but every college my kid is looking at requires from 2-4 different additional essays and none of them overlap that much.

Kids have AP courses, sports, work, etc. when the hell are they doing all of this?

Let’s face it, rich kids just pay to have their essays written for them or spoon-fed anyways. It should just be common app essay, GPA, test scores and 2 teacher recs.

I can see why there are so fewer males to females in college.

You have some pretty cliched ideas about other kids. Rich kids and boys can handle writing these just fine.

Anonymous wrote:DC got a full ride from Wesleyan. No essays required.

Which Wesleyan? Wesleyan University?

Anonymous wrote:What does gender have to do with it? Do girls have more free time than boys?

Exactly. My boys are excellent writers, far better than my girls.