I will be honest here. I am actually a parent posting for my kid and just assessing various such forums out there that kids frequent in terms of what kind of advice people are putting out there. The academic profile is real though. I posted and was going along well in first few responses - but what riled me up was the tone of these so called “adult advisors with Doctorate” who supposedly while talking to a student - started using personal comments such as “uneducated” comment, reference to my culture and what not… so had to respond and engage in discussion in kind.
One thing is for sure, will advise my kid and her friends to stay away from such forums. People here just don’t get it that when a kid is posting his/her steller credential after doing their thorough homework… it doesn’t take much to offer encouragement and say something like “you go boy” or “you go girl” …“you can do it” “you have the credentials”… and at the same time offer suggestion for improvement. Instead people here seem like they have earned a right to give dream crushing advise in the name of tough love. Poeple here are simply attacking on a personal level…