<p>My parents didn’t tell me ANYTHING about ANY pathway. Are they screwing me over?</p>
<p>Yes. Your parents are terrible, selfish, misguided people. But they want what is best for you. You are lucky you have parents. Suck it up.</p>
<p>I heard that the Australian School of Science Financial Aid Philosophy is “Everyone is getting some but you.”</p>
<p>“My parents didn’t tell me ANYTHING about ANY pathway. Are they screwing me over?”</p>
<p>While not exactly a hook, that would make a GREAT essay topic. Try not to make it sound like a pity party, though.</p>
<p>HUGS to you.</p>
<p>Mathmom - please elaborate on the square footage of the countertops and the number of appliances. Is it cherry wood or pine wood stained a cherry color? Are finances a factor? You need to make sure you consider safety, match and reach granites!</p>
<p>I can’t understand all the pessimism about violadad’s D’s chances at Harvard and Yale. Her Iditarod success clearly shows that she is hard-working. As I’ve argued on other threads, being labeled hard-working is the key to admissions at the elite schools. She’ll be fine, as long as none of the letters of recommendation hint that she’s also “brilliant.” That seems elitist.</p>
<p>Also, I knew someone who worked in the Admissions Office at Harvard thirty-four years ago. I’m sure nothing about admissions has changed since then. She said that tolerance for cold weather is one of the key qualities that Harvard considers. They don’t advertise the fact, because then everyone would have raising goats on icebergs as one of his/her EC’s. But your daughter has clearly demonstrated this quality.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about the 2.1 GPA. It’s sufficient to graduate, and that shows that she can handle the academic work. After that, it’s all about the EC’s.</p>
<p>The dog incident is a bit problematic. On the other hand, I just recalled a web post by Stanford Admissions, in which one of their adcoms said that a student’s comic essay about hating her dog tipped the balance for her, and won her admission. So maybe violadad’s D should consider Stanford, rather than the Ivies.</p>
<p>Addendum: Saving time for next year, also.
If violadad’s D is not admitted to Harvard, Yale, Stanford, etc. following a gap year, I’m sure it was the essays.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any data, or better yet, anecdotes about the binge drinking rates at all of the schools being discussed here?</p>
<p>Actually, the answer to the dog-incident-problem is so obvious, I almost overlooked it. It wasn’t an incident, it was performance art. The low quality of the filming by the elderly crossing guard, on a cellphone camera is part of the artistry. Back to the Ivies!</p>
<p>nceph, are you suggesting that violadad’s D would bring down the binge-drinking statistic and hurt the school’s USNWR ranking?</p>
<p>I’m just suggesting that binge drinking rates are really all you need to assess the quality of a school.</p>
<p>I think that with all the stuff that ViolaD needs to bring (dogs, sleds, surfboard, digederoo, etc) the problem is definitely going to be “fit”. As in, will it all?</p>
<p>I haven’t seen anyone address our situation. Since DD has been SOoooooo busy with her EC’s, she just hasn’t had time to do homework. Since that’s clearly been unfair (and very stressful, I might add) I’ve been doing her homework for her. </p>
<p>Once she’s off to Elite U, it’s going to cost us plenty to FEDex her homework to me and back. Are those costs tax deductible? Or should I just buy a house in Elitetown so that I can continue to be available to her 24/7?</p>
<p>Also, I was wondering about the ethics of starting my own business - “I’ll do your homework, so you won’t have to”. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Binge drinking is inversely correlated to the number of Pell grant recipients, i.e the “anti-preppy index”. Haven’t you been listening???</p>
<p>jude -</p>
<p>That’s what the helicopter is for.</p>
<p>My DD applied only to HYPSMCCDP, and was denied in all cases, in spite of my statistical analysis that at least one in ten of these application would be successful.</p>
<p>Of course we are appealling these decisions. Is it better to have our HYPS alum friends make phone calls to admissions on her behalf or have her prepare a “spring highlights” DVD?</p>
<p>RR–if you’d done things the right way…my way… you’d never have found yourself in this predicament.</p>
<p>I thought I made it crystal clear in the very first post.</p>
<p>Unique set of circumstances - my daughter has done extraordinarily well in Lunch over her high school career. She not only performs well at lunch, but has a great passion and love for cafeteria food. Can anyone suggest a pathway that might fit? (and I do mean fit in a physical as well as emotional sense) I’m thinking one of those colleges with unlimited swipes into the dining halls as well as a large selection of snack credits.</p>
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<p>NO. Are you kidding?</p>
<p>Owning filmmaking equipment will skewer you on Finaid.</p>
<p>Don’t you already know that some kids get in to film schools as directors without even submitting a film? They may submit screenplays instead because it’s become okay to own a computer. Oh, those kids.</p>
<p>So, I demand (not suggest) you film her on a cellphone that belongs to someone else. Be sure not to mix up and send the crossing guard film. Unless she’s trying to get in to school as an Air Traffic Controller. LOL.</p>
<p>I really have to question the priorities of parents who are doing things differently from what my DH and I have done. I’m not being judgmental, just honest.</p>
<p>I have to be honest too. I’m very concerned about Harriet’s assurances that her six-year-old son is on the right Path. How can she know what the demographic situation will be ten years hence? The state of HYPS endowments? Affirmative action? What will be trendy in Adcom world? I wouldn’t want to be seen as judgmental, either, but I can see trouble in his future because one Path would just close off all sorts of options to him. He really does need to be over-scheduled and overwhelmed. Perhaps an intervention?</p>