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Probably not at the schools she’s interested in. Now if she might be persuaded to consider an LAC in the midwest that no one has heard of, I’m sure she’d be a very desirable candidate.</p>
<p>I’m also wondering why you’re pushing her to go to college. I’m pretty sure the only point of college is to be able to earn lots and lots of money, and she’s already doing that, so what’s the point? Prestige?</p>
<p>I thought this thread was going to tell me how to game the Pathways admissions system, because my children deserve to be on the right pathways.</p>
<p>"so what’s the point? "</p>
<p>Bragging rights, obviously. </p>
<p>Oh and I disagree about how much Inuit will help. Inuits are treated the same as Native Americans for college admissions. It’s the most helpful category to be in but you have to be able ro provide proof of tribal membership. </p>
<p>And, if you’d talk to me in time, you’d know that the dogs are going to hurt, not help. I mean it’s just stereotypically Inuit. (Whatever you do, don’t have her write an essay about the dogs. Lots of Inuits write about their dogs.)Surfing would have been your best option–there’s a real shortage of Inuit surfers.</p>
<p>Send the deposit to UTasmania. She can always transfer once she’s done a Pathway Correction, incorporating all of the excellent advice herein.</p>
<p>Also, could you please rank the Pathways?</p>
<p>Can the Pathway Correction be done on-line, or must she do a paper version?</p>
<p>Violadad:</p>
<p>Oh, so sorry! If she had applied a few years ago, Wes had someone teaching the didgeridoo. It would have been a hook! As for the iditerod, she needs to be in a location with lots of snow, hmmm? Maybe she should look up a book about “colleges that don’t change your lives too much.” Otherwise, you won’t recognize her, what with the oboe playing and the new EC.</p>
<p>i am laughing SO HARD right now. thank you parents.</p>
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<p>It’s not the money, we/she have enough now. We never reported financials for UTasmania, as there was no need. Her scholarship was strictly talent based. </p>
<p>For Y or P we’d have to fudge the CSS and Fafsa and not report the money in the offshore account… that’s our retirement. If she quits performing professionally in a gap year, she’ll have no income. We live off her, so it should be a free ride, maybe a bit of work study. Her god father is a janitor at Yale-New Haven… she can sleep in one of the boiler rooms, so she won’t need housing. She can pick up spending/food money by busking, and as cash won’t have to report it. </p>
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<p>jonri, I don’t know your issues. We’ve always told her to be her own person. Prestige has nothing to do with it. Reread my post. She’s not going for the name, she’s becoming a Druid priestess after she graduates. She just figures qm at Yale will give her the best satisfaction. She may continue to play her instrument for pleasure, not profit. That’s her decision, not mine.</p>
<p>Surfing? Nope. She hasn’t gone near salt water since she saw “Jaws”. And the money we (actually she) spent on behavior modification was a waste and a half.</p>
<p>And people ask me why I have to mainline CC at least once a day…I really need the laughs! (“Smile Dog” is severely addicted)</p>
<p>PLUS, I get invaluable information. Good tip on the need for Inuit surfers, Jonri! It’s too late for the SmilePups but maybe I can get working on the next generation. First step is to convince one of the Pups of the obvious advantages to moving to Alaska, then hopefully the rest will fall naturally into place…half Inuit surfer, half SmilePup should be good enough for the AdComs, don’t you think?</p>
<p>violadad, I’m not sure I understand this “satisfaction.” Could my child use it as a hook?</p>
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That’s what they all say to the adcoms, and then when they get to prestige U, next thing you know, they’re heading for the i-banking world, just like the rest of them. I doubt your child is a special as you seem to think she is. And I’m not trying to be negative or anything. </p>
<p>Perhaps if you could share some embarrassing personal information about her that she would never want spread all over the internet it might help everyone here provide more meaningful advice.</p>
<p>too funny! love it!</p>
<p>The poster-who-argues-so-vehemently in favor of Pathway A is so obviously a ■■■■■! Stop encouraging him!</p>
<p>To save you parents time, I thought I would point out that the prep-school forum has already hashed out this issue pretty thoroughly.
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/480097-s-mores-vs-banana-split.html?highlight=banana[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/prep-school-admissions/480097-s-mores-vs-banana-split.html?highlight=banana</a>
Try it, you’ll be convinced to switch your dessert.</p>
<p>I smell ■■■■■!
Edit: X-posted with mafool, but I was too busy cleaning up whatever I spit out on the keyboard to press “Post Quick Reply.”</p>
<p>But OBVIOUSLY everyone has forgotten about PATHWAY C, and D and… the one my son chose.</p>
<p>Reminds me of my younger brother telling me “everyone knows” that the school his kids went to was the best elementary one (I didn’t bother to disagree, we’re in different places and he doesn’t know anything…). </p>
<p>Refreshing change of pace after learning son’s proposed schedule his 5th college semester- I have to keep reminding myself that I have knowledge he’ll never get when I look at all those courses I never took.</p>
<p>Thanks, Grejuni, but I’m afraid I didn’t see anything there about Desserts That Change Lives.</p>
<p>^^Did you check the Naviance scattergram?</p>
<p>For TWELVE YEARS our entire family has followed Pathway A TO THE LETTER, and NOW our son is going to be deprived of his legitimate place at Tasmania U by a didgeridoo playing Inuit? Are you kidding me? Typical. This is just NOT FAIR.</p>