Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 17:06     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
We just went through the college admissions process and it is still an enigma to me.

I have looked at posts on college confidential and seen kids that were accepted into schools that my kid was denied from and then seen those same kids rejected or wait listed from schools that my kid was accepted to.

These are all qualified students and I'm sure that they'll thrive wherever they choose to attend.

Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:29     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pretty much 90% of everything in this entire forum, and 60% of everything on CC.


The most prolific posters on College Confidential are flyover state rubes with average ambition kids. It's a depressing place once you realize most of those nuts don't even have kids in high school or college (anymore), they just keep posting awful advice over and over and over.

Also, a lot of the smart "kids" are larping helicopter moms pretending to be their kid.

Weird site that hit its peak usefulness over a decade ago.


Are those the ones who think everyone should go to Bama?


Hahaha! "My kid is thriving at [insert open-admissions dump]!" or "If your DC is thinking medical school, it does not matter where they do undergrad!" Imbeciles.


Actually the last part is true. Medical schools want high GPAs and high MCAT scores. You can learn this pretty quickly when researching how to get into med school. Its not like college admissions. But, thanks for playing!
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:27     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pretty much 90% of everything in this entire forum, and 60% of everything on CC.


The most prolific posters on College Confidential are flyover state rubes with average ambition kids. It's a depressing place once you realize most of those nuts don't even have kids in high school or college (anymore), they just keep posting awful advice over and over and over.

Also, a lot of the smart "kids" are larping helicopter moms pretending to be their kid.

Weird site that hit its peak usefulness over a decade ago.


Are those the ones who think everyone should go to Bama?


Hahaha! "My kid is thriving at [insert open-admissions dump]!" or "If your DC is thinking medical school, it does not matter where they do undergrad!" Imbeciles.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:21     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:That it "doesn't matter where you go to college". I call B.S. Some organizations only hire grads of certain schools.

Meh. I hear this a lot but it just has not proven to be true at all in my career.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:20     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
where you go to school is important.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:20     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
GPA is more important than test scores.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:18     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Just take out loans.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 16:17     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Don't worry about the money.

Just go to the best place you get in. We'll figure it out.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:56     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That it "doesn't matter where you go to college". I call B.S. Some organizations only hire grads of certain schools.


that's mostly true for consulting firms. otherwise it really doesn't matter a whole lot.


It depends on the major and job. My husband went to a no name school no one has heard of and is doing very well.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:50     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That it "doesn't matter where you go to college". I call B.S. Some organizations only hire grads of certain schools.


that's mostly true for consulting firms. otherwise it really doesn't matter a whole lot.


nope

seldom right and wrong again
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:49     Subject: Re:Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
I have the opposite advice: go to the very best school you can get into.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:48     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:Colleges will overlook some grades, but look for an upward trend. Sorry, it's called GPA, Not GPA for Freshman year, Sophomore year, Junior year et .


I beg to differ.

Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:37     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pretty much 90% of everything in this entire forum, and 60% of everything on CC.


The most prolific posters on College Confidential are flyover state rubes with average ambition kids. It's a depressing place once you realize most of those nuts don't even have kids in high school or college (anymore), they just keep posting awful advice over and over and over.

Also, a lot of the smart "kids" are larping helicopter moms pretending to be their kid.

Weird site that hit its peak usefulness over a decade ago.


I agree! Although I did learn a few things there, it was like that week after my kid swallowed a magnet.



Flyover state rubes? God, I hate people like you.


For people in Mississippi that go to Europe, flyover states would include va, md, pa, ny, ct, ma


Thank you for posting, lol. People in this area exhaust me sometimes.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:30     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:

For people in Mississippi that go to Europe, flyover states would include va, md, pa, ny, ct, ma


I know that couple. Nice people.
Anonymous
Post 03/22/2018 15:13     Subject: Worst College Advice you have heard, that you know is untrue
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pretty much 90% of everything in this entire forum, and 60% of everything on CC.


The most prolific posters on College Confidential are flyover state rubes with average ambition kids. It's a depressing place once you realize most of those nuts don't even have kids in high school or college (anymore), they just keep posting awful advice over and over and over.

Also, a lot of the smart "kids" are larping helicopter moms pretending to be their kid.

Weird site that hit its peak usefulness over a decade ago.


I agree! Although I did learn a few things there, it was like that week after my kid swallowed a magnet.



Flyover state rubes? God, I hate people like you.


For people in Mississippi that go to Europe, flyover states would include va, md, pa, ny, ct, ma