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Anonymous wrote:Not sure what is to be celebrated. A kid got greedy and decided to apply to a bunch of schools she will never attend. And why aren't the names of the schools disclosed. Anyone can do this...why write about something that means absolutely nothing except the fact that she wasted a lot of people's time and potentially hurt someones chances of being accepted to one of those schools. Heck, I was feeling guilty because my son applied to 7 schools, got accepted to all 7, and sat on it for a while before he withdrew his applications from the 6 he would not attend.

G-D-it, read the freaking thread people. You are all making a-holes of yourselves. This one with a humblebrag thrown in for good measure!

Why don't you tone down your anger, and perhaps summarize the thread. I don't have time to read all four pages, and if I read the article, I am entitled to share my opinion! And I don't consider being accepted to 7 schools a humble brag. Now if I go on to share that two of them were top 20, then, yes, you can accuse me of that. Have a pleasant day.

Yes, you are entitled to share your opinion.

As am I.

And my opinion is you are blathering about something you know nothing about, when that could have been solved by less time reading than you spent typing.

Are you proud of that, exactly? You can try this: "Hey you know I was wrong, sorry...". It's very powerful.

Um, I beg to differ. I read the thread. There are many opinions. Mine is that this is an overblown article. Perhaps it is because it is a minority? I don't know, but it's really not a big deal.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure what is to be celebrated. A kid got greedy and decided to apply to a bunch of schools she will never attend. And why aren't the names of the schools disclosed. Anyone can do this...why write about something that means absolutely nothing except the fact that she wasted a lot of people's time and potentially hurt someones chances of being accepted to one of those schools. Heck, I was feeling guilty because my son applied to 7 schools, got accepted to all 7, and sat on it for a while before he withdrew his applications from the 6 he would not attend.

G-D-it, read the freaking thread people. You are all making a-holes of yourselves. This one with a humblebrag thrown in for good measure!

Why don't you tone down your anger, and perhaps summarize the thread. I don't have time to read all four pages, and if I read the article, I am entitled to share my opinion! And I don't consider being accepted to 7 schools a humble brag. Now if I go on to share that two of them were top 20, then, yes, you can accuse me of that. Have a pleasant day.

Yes, you are entitled to share your opinion.

As am I.

And my opinion is you are blathering about something you know nothing about, when that could have been solved by less time reading than you spent typing.

Are you proud of that, exactly? You can try this: "Hey you know I was wrong, sorry...". It's very powerful.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure what is to be celebrated. A kid got greedy and decided to apply to a bunch of schools she will never attend. And why aren't the names of the schools disclosed. Anyone can do this...why write about something that means absolutely nothing except the fact that she wasted a lot of people's time and potentially hurt someones chances of being accepted to one of those schools. Heck, I was feeling guilty because my son applied to 7 schools, got accepted to all 7, and sat on it for a while before he withdrew his applications from the 6 he would not attend.

G-D-it, read the freaking thread people. You are all making a-holes of yourselves. This one with a humblebrag thrown in for good measure!

Why don't you tone down your anger, and perhaps summarize the thread. I don't have time to read all four pages, and if I read the article, I am entitled to share my opinion! And I don't consider being accepted to 7 schools a humble brag. Now if I go on to share that two of them were top 20, then, yes, you can accuse me of that. Have a pleasant day.

Anonymous wrote:Not sure what is to be celebrated. A kid got greedy and decided to apply to a bunch of schools she will never attend. And why aren't the names of the schools disclosed. Anyone can do this...why write about something that means absolutely nothing except the fact that she wasted a lot of people's time and potentially hurt someones chances of being accepted to one of those schools. Heck, I was feeling guilty because my son applied to 7 schools, got accepted to all 7, and sat on it for a while before he withdrew his applications from the 6 he would not attend.

G-D-it, read the freaking thread people. You are all making a-holes of yourselves. This one with a humblebrag thrown in for good measure!

Not sure what is to be celebrated. A kid got greedy and decided to apply to a bunch of schools she will never attend. And why aren't the names of the schools disclosed. Anyone can do this...why write about something that means absolutely nothing except the fact that she wasted a lot of people's time and potentially hurt someones chances of being accepted to one of those schools. Heck, I was feeling guilty because my son applied to 7 schools, got accepted to all 7, and sat on it for a while before he withdrew his applications from the 6 he would not attend.

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Anonymous wrote:It's really silly to apply to that many schools and it's really racist of the news media to always "make a story" out of AA's getting into college.

I don't think many people on this thread, and DCUM generally, understand the Black Common App.

For $35 dollars a student self-reports their transcript and test scores. Their high school counselor has to upload the official ones before the application is considered complete. This is not placing an undue burden on the student or the counselor.

Applicants indicate their top 4 colleges from those in the program, but any of the 53 participating colleges can download your information and make you an offer of admission/scholarships. So this student wasn't actually "applying" to many of the schools where she was offered admissions and scholarships.

The most elite HBCUs, such as Spelman and Morehouse do not use the Black Common App, you would need to use the Common App for those.

https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/faqs/
Member colleges https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ele2_broch_19.pdf

Interesting. I also don't see Howard or Hampton (I attended one of these for undergrad).

Yep. I think this is a good, efficient, low-cost way for students to apply to the less selective HBCUs which would be safeties for some students. And for some students, it will result in "racking up" a dozen or more acceptances.

Overall, I think it's a useful tool. And there was no good reason to judge or criticize the student who utilized it for her search and as a result, got many offers (she also used the Common App). Clearly she was a well-qualified applicant.

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Anonymous wrote:She used, among other things, the Common Black App, which can go to 53 HB colleges. So it's not like she spent $5K and six months on applications. She just got accepted to a ton of schools, which is great news.

She wasn’t spending anything. Poor can apply to as many as they want - for free. Rich can afford it too. Middle class can.... oh nothing.

Middle class can also apply to all these schools for $35.

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Anonymous wrote:It's really silly to apply to that many schools and it's really racist of the news media to always "make a story" out of AA's getting into college.

I don't think many people on this thread, and DCUM generally, understand the Black Common App.

For $35 dollars a student self-reports their transcript and test scores. Their high school counselor has to upload the official ones before the application is considered complete. This is not placing an undue burden on the student or the counselor.

Applicants indicate their top 4 colleges from those in the program, but any of the 53 participating colleges can download your information and make you an offer of admission/scholarships. So this student wasn't actually "applying" to many of the schools where she was offered admissions and scholarships.

The most elite HBCUs, such as Spelman and Morehouse do not use the Black Common App, you would need to use the Common App for those.

https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/faqs/
Member colleges https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ele2_broch_19.pdf

Interesting. I also don't see Howard or Hampton (I attended one of these for undergrad).

Anonymous wrote:It's really silly to apply to that many schools and it's really racist of the news media to always "make a story" out of AA's getting into college.

I don't think many people on this thread, and DCUM generally, understand the Black Common App.

For $35 dollars a student self-reports their transcript and test scores. Their high school counselor has to upload the official ones before the application is considered complete. This is not placing an undue burden on the student or the counselor.

Applicants indicate their top 4 colleges from those in the program, but any of the 53 participating colleges can download your information and make you an offer of admission/scholarships. So this student wasn't actually "applying" to many of the schools where she was offered admissions and scholarships.

The most elite HBCUs, such as Spelman and Morehouse do not use the Black Common App, you would need to use the Common App for those.

https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/faqs/
Member colleges https://commonblackcollegeapp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ele2_broch_19.pdf

It's really silly to apply to that many schools and it's really racist of the news media to always "make a story" out of AA's getting into college.

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Anonymous wrote:She used, among other things, the Common Black App, which can go to 53 HB colleges. So it's not like she spent $5K and six months on applications. She just got accepted to a ton of schools, which is great news.

But she wasted the time of the schools she was never going to attend, and if a bunch of kids start doing this to stroke their egos, the yield numbers will be out of whack, and some applicants who really do want to go to a specific school will be rejected because the school is accepting those who applied only to brag about the total value of their scholarship offers.

+1

she is greedy and immature

+1 It's trophy hunting. And it does hurt other students both in her own school and others who might have received those slots and offers of financial aid.

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Anonymous wrote:It's obnoxious. Thousands of kids could do this every year but they don't because they aren't jerks. She forced admissions offices of at least 45 schools to waste their time on her when she had no intention of attending their schools.

Worst offender was last year a black young man with a 32 on his ACT got into Harvard early. He then proceeded to shotgun blast apps out to the entire top 25 regular decision and boast about each and every acceptance on college confidential. When he took heat he claimed "I didn't know what Harvard would give me for financial aid." BS He went to Harvard on a full boat financial aid package

Harvard is an a$$hole college for 55% of students who are a$$holes. Even the guy who was fraudulently writing SATs for wealthy kids, was an Harvard graduate. I am glad that a handful of URM students get into elite schools with not shabby credentials. At least they are better than people like Jared Kushners of the world.

I look at this way - even if some elite colleges take some URMs because they are very bright, they take exponentially more of dumb (mainly White) wealthy kids who pay their way in the college. So I am very happy when URM students are taken into elite colleges - at least they are brainy and hardworking.

Brainy? Those URMs are significantly less brainy than the average accepted student at those colleges. Unfortunately, that’s the price of affirmative action.

I am a "URM" who had high test scores. Basically, I never want to hear this argument ^^^ again in light of the current college admissions scandal. These young black and Latino kids don't have the same advantages as the white, wealthy students who are prepped to the gills, attend schools with more resources, had tons of "enrichment" outside of school, etc. If you look askance at my kids for their selective college acceptances, I'm definitely doing the same to your white wealthy kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I see nothing wrong with this. I always tell my daughter having options to choose from is much better than having to take what you can get.

I think she has more options than are necessary at this point.

As far as keeping the money, if she's going to go to grad school plus undergrad, plus living expenses, I'm ok with it. If she's just keeping it like some lottery winnings then I have a problem with it. Scholarships are just that, for scholarly pursuits, not for you to use that money for shopping or things not related to school. That money could help other kids pay for tuition. Yes she earned that money. FOR SCHOOL.

It’s not real money. Each college is offering scholarships or grants if she attends that college. She only collects from one when she enrolls. The scholarship total brag number is a phony number.

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Anonymous wrote:She used, among other things, the Common Black App, which can go to 53 HB colleges. So it's not like she spent $5K and six months on applications. She just got accepted to a ton of schools, which is great news.

But she wasted the time of the schools she was never going to attend, and if a bunch of kids start doing this to stroke their egos, the yield numbers will be out of whack, and some applicants who really do want to go to a specific school will be rejected because the school is accepting those who applied only to brag about the total value of their scholarship offers.

+1

she is greedy and immature

Wow, look at all you people ignoring the facts here to support your vile racist posts.