Are we being honest?

missypie
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:52:48 +0000

Another thing to consider is that some of us may “brag” if at all only on CC. My son’s SAT scores were great by “ordinary (non-CC) people” standards, maybe high average by CC standards. I’ve probably posted his stats on a few threads, to help other people figure out how much merit aid their child might get a a given school, for example. But I don’t recall disclosing his scores to any person IRL (except admissions folks.)

When a parent posts her child’s stats on threads about admissions or merit aid, that may be what some other parents consider bragging about their perfect kid. But face it, there are some pretty darned near perfect students represented on CC…If one parent asks “What does it take to get into Stanford?” and another posts that their child got in as a 2360 SAT, senior class president, drum major and founder of a profitable small business, yes it does make the rest of us think “jeez” but it also answers the question of what it took for that kid to get into Stanford.