<p>I wouldn’t want to call out certain posters and mainly I think it is teenage enthusiasm and sometimes a but of hubris and that’s understandable and natural.</p>
<p>I just think the tone has changed a bit from when my older son applied to Chicago several years ago and for our family the change is for the worse not the better.</p>
<p>So who knows what he will find on campus, I am actually one who believes kids can have a fantastic experience at almost any school (it is what you make of it) but there are certainly kids who get their first impressions from CC forums and this years postings seem less “Chicago-y” than those in the past.</p>
<p>I understand why this seems like a huge deal to seniors. It IS a big deal but these are such amazing, elite schools that nit picking among them seems a little “privileged/lucky people” problems 
As I often said to my children “Be Nice” and you seem much more confident and assured.</p>