<p>The…</p>
<p>…Cal is better than every school on earth archetype
…Cal sucks and is way overrated and anyone who thinks Cal is good at anything is a zealot archetype
…I want to be an i-banker, please tell me how to be an i-banker, because I want to make $500,000 a year when I graduate from undergrad (I’m still in high school, though) archetype
…I want to graduate from undergrad in 2.5 years, go to Harvard Med School and cure cancer, and be 35 when I retire archetype</p>
<p>I’d be a member of the expanded “I Miss Jamimom and Carolyn” type. Carolyn still pops in now and then but it’s not the same.</p>
<p>I miss them, too. 
Was very happy to see Carolyn suddenly post again. </p>
<p>I will start the “I Miss the Old CC” group.</p>
<p>LOL to UCLAri. If you don’t mind, I’ll expand on those: the “I’m in high school, want to go to law school, get merit aid, graduate, earn $150,000/year, and work 40 hours a week. What do I need as an LSAT score for this?” and the “Can I work for Cravath and earn $145,000/year while working only 40 hours a week?” Ultimately, the question comes down to asking whether or not a 25-year-old with zero work experience and unspecialized graduate education is smart enough to earn an offensive amount of money without putting in long hours.</p>
<p>What about the
This too will pass-ers?
The all-around opinionators (similar to Coureur’s Drive-by Shooters; ready to offer an opinion on just about anything whether or not they know anything)
The “Hey!” sayers
The “I only have a 4.5 unweighted GPA, 2450 SAT score and first chair bassoon in the state youth orchestra; do I have a chance at Flaghip U?” group</p>
<p>And a couple that I belong to:</p>
<p>The would-be wise old sages, having lived long enough to believe we have a long-range and sensible perspective on most anything, if anyone bothers to ask us</p>
<p>The “I just came across this thread after it’s reached page 10 but want to comment on something in post no. 12” -ers</p>
<p>P.S. I am also a member of the “I sure couldn’t get into my alma mater today” club as well as the Jamimom fan club.</p>
<p>Am I the only member of:
“I rarely post anymore because all the fun/interesting threads are 20 pages long by the time I find them and I don’t have enough time to read them all so I don’t repeat something witty that has already been said so I just stay out of it” </p>
<p>???</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and patient’s “my athlete is not that dumb” </p>
<p>I’m both of those. :)</p>
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You mean I’m not the only one who is a few days in front of her friends with the news because she reads the Parent Cafe? Yay! :)</p>
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Take a lesson from the drive-by-shooters/opinionators. ;)</p>
<p>May I start the “Le’ts throw a bridal shower/bachelorette party for Mollie” archetype? </p>
<p>DrDrew’sMom - if you’ve seen the Duke Lacrosse Thread, don’t worry about repeating posts. (That thread, to me, is like a looped soap opera - every time I poke my head in (i.e. once a month), it’s the same discussion.) So join in the fun. Wit repeated is better than wit forgone.</p>
<p>I’m hooked on knowing how some kids fare</p>
<p>I feel like I’ve followed their first steps into college, and wonder about the next phase. That icludes Mollie’s entry into grad school at H, and her wedding plans. My S just started jr year, but already a range of future careers looms large. His next choices seem far more complex than applying to UG colleges</p>
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Me too…it’s kind of like being an adoptive parent. When we have Thanksgiving at my house, my favorite place to be is with “the big kids.”</p>
<p>so am I just too selfabsorbed & expect someone to respond to my every posts- but it seems like there are several threads that die after I post.m :(</p>
<p>I admit that if the people reading actually think that I have “clarified” the main issue- and nothing really needs to be added- then that is very satisfying ;)- but- I worry that it is because I just don’t make any sense and the other posters feel like it isn’t worth it to bring it back on topic</p>
<p>but I guess I am the I am able to hyperfocus on CC & it makes me feel “helpful” while allowing me to procrastinate archtype
not to mention that completing a response on CC that actually helped someone- is a nice feeling- and easier than dealing with teenagers in person.</p>
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<p>I think that you can safely assume, EK, that is often true for you. I still remember one of your wise posts a couple of years ago–about early action, and dealing with disappointment. I kill threads sometimes, too–not always, thank goodness, and then in fact I only look at a few from time to time. One of the reasons I would never post in Sinner’s Alley–sure wouldn’t want to see that one go dead!</p>
<p>I agree with Patient, EK. I often find that you bring a unique perspective to CC – you don’t come from the ivory tower and yet you understand it so well.</p>
<p>Please keep posting – sometimes you are the only voice of reason!</p>
<p>There are thread killers but you aren’t one of them ekitty.</p>
<p>Heck, I’m a member of the Threads Fired into Space (0 posts) and it doens’t stop me or bother me.</p>
<p>My favorite…I think it was touched upon by TheGFG about 30 pages ago, but:</p>
<p>“Well, luckily my son/daughter didn’t have that problem, she is a naturally good test taker, he does all his EC’s for the love of them, she can lift a volkswagon over her head, but here’s what you should to do…” Is that first part even necessary?</p>
<p>Good grief…</p>
<p>Ya got your lurker, ya got your linker. The Linker archetype: wishing to remain bland and anonymous, the Linker contributes or expresses views primarily through posting links. Yup, that’s me.</p>
<p><a href=“The New Yorker Cartoons - The Cartoon Bank”>The New Yorker Cartoons - The Cartoon Bank;
<p>well thank you all very much-
I admit I like posting because it helps to see the words- when I get in “discussions” with my H, he complains that I make jumps in logic and he doesn’t understand what the heck I am talking about.</p>
<p>( I could IM him- but he only gets online under duress) ;)</p>
<p>I can identify best with Marite’s Tailors. Occasionally boost my Alma Mater.</p>
<p>Only child is already at her first choice school–I stick around because I like being part of a virtual community where people share useful information. Used to be on the NY Times Abuzz site–anyone else here a post-Abuzz refugee?</p>
<p>“Work from Home Procrastinators” GUILTY!!!</p>
<p>Completely guilty of being an Alma Mater Booster…</p>
<p>And lots others I can’t remember because this thread took me so long to read.</p>
<p>How about the “I refuse to do a search before I ask a question/start a thread because I am SURE no one has ever asked this before” archtype?</p>
<p>Oh so here is a self-deprecation one:
It only seems like I am still here long after I should be because I started before my kid started HS archtype. (She is almost through HS - I promise)</p>
<p>BTW-LOVED Xiggi’s Heineken Scholarship and the increase for next year.</p>
<p>I think we need a playlist for CCNews:</p>
<p>Here are some suggestions:</p>
<p>What’s my line? It’s all about fit (The Tailors)</p>
<p>What are my chances? I’m Screwed, You’re Screwed.</p>
<p>The $200k questioN: FAFSA, EFC, CSS, </p>
<p>Datelines and deadlines: ED, EA, SCEA, RD?</p>
<p>Crossed wires: all politics all the time.</p>
<p>Soaked Oprah: Sinner Alley Regulars.</p>
<p>Late late show: Parents procrastinors</p>
<p>The Weather Channel: Helicopter Parents</p>
<p>Mapquest: CC Travel Advisors</p>
<p>Advice to the Lovelorn: CC agony aunts and uncles.</p>
<p>Bride magazines alternative (for Molliebatmit)</p>
<p>Great work, marite.</p>
<p>Can I say that I <em>love</em> having everybody excited about our wedding? Most of my close-geographical-proximity friends are guys, and they’re more interested in the bachelor party than the wedding! ;)</p>
<p>I love being part of a community like this – when I graduated in June, mootmom and others watched the graduation webcast, and I was just so touched.</p>
