Telling people on a college tour to “stay married” is pretty hilarious. I assume most of the kids on the tour were juniors or seniors accompanied by at least one parent. If the parents are already divorced, it’s a little late.

It is likely true that having married parents correlates to higher admissions rates, but it’s a fairly bizarre thing to point out as some kind of pro tip.

Anonymous wrote:OP is stirring the pot. Ex must have the kids this weekend hit the sauce early this morning. Don't feed this nonsense people.

Yep this and she was at a religious college

No non religious school would say this shit

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Yes, the best thing for children is to grow up in a stable, loving two parent household. How is this new?

True.

Let's put our thinking caps on and reflect on how that's not the same thing as what was said in the OP. The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

Ok I just don’t think the JHU stated things correctly (or perhaps OP did not hear correctly). But what the woman at JHU was trying to say isn’t controversial.

Anonymous wrote:Why is everyone so quick to believe this really happened? I’m calling bs.

If John’s Hopkins was saying this, it would be all over DCUM and College Confidential.

Maybe. I’ve heard from really wacky things on college tours, especially at UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Wow you are stupid !!!
Woke lol woke omg

No woke goes with the dummy saying such a stupid thing. You had to be at a religious college or I don’t believe your bs

Keep up. OP says it was J Hopkins.

Anonymous wrote:I don't know why this is even an issue. Most American marriages end in divorce, something like 75%+

Not remotely true

“It's commonly said that half of all first marriages end in divorce. However, the reality is more complex. The American Psychological Association (APA) estimates that the probability of a first marriage ending in divorce is 41% in 2024.”

Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Wow you are stupid !!!
Woke lol woke omg

No woke goes with the dummy saying such a stupid thing. You had to be at a religious college or I don’t believe your bs

Why is everyone so quick to believe this really happened? I’m calling bs.

If John’s Hopkins was saying this, it would be all over DCUM and College Confidential.

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Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Yes, the best thing for children is to grow up in a stable, loving two parent household. How is this new?

True.

Let's put our thinking caps on and reflect on how that's not the same thing as what was said in the OP. The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

What is false about the statement? There is plenty of evidence that children from intact families have, in the aggregate, more academic success.

+1

Move on, OP. Perhaps the fact you seek reasons to be angry is one of the reasons you’re divorced.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Yes, the best thing for children is to grow up in a stable, loving two parent household. How is this new?

Staying married is not always synonymous with a stable loving two parent household.
A blanket statement to that effect by the college is unhelpful for teenagers who are already coping with difficult circumstances.

Worth complaining to the admissions office.

Oh agreed but children suffer in divorce. None of this is new.

I don't know why this is even an issue. Most American marriages end in divorce, something like 75%+

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Anonymous wrote:You seem like a drama queen. Name the school. If they're willing to say it publicly then name it.

Sure, happy to. Johns Hopkins

Great, thanks for being transparent... why not just state the school to begin with? I believe it would have made your original post easier to believe. It's an interesting comment but as others have said not inaccurate. Insensitive... yes, but it's John's Hopkins, they can get away with more than a school like UMD. Supply and demand is a powerful thing. I will say this though, this kind of arrogance is why I don't find the so-called T20 "elites" appealing.

The truth hurts

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Anonymous wrote:I was absolutely floored yesterday to hear this not only said aloud by the person presenting but repeated. I thought it was a joke until she repeated it.

The words were - "I tell parents the one thing that will get their kid into college is staying married"

So all these colleges are woke about everything else but it's still cool to throw shade at family status?

Yes, the best thing for children is to grow up in a stable, loving two parent household. How is this new?

Staying married is not always synonymous with a stable loving two parent household.
A blanket statement to that effect by the college is unhelpful for teenagers who are already coping with difficult circumstances.

Worth complaining to the admissions office.