<p>First of all… when someone ties together fifth grade and playing video games, I can only conclude…I am getting REALLY old! The equiv. for me would be something like pong where you put various overlays on your TV to play different games (even though they were all played the exact same way).</p>
<p>This said, Simtower is a great analogy and is that a really old AD and/or how come they don’t have that today? </p>
<p>So let me ask this: How does this analogy shift (or does it) to include parents (here on CC and in general) talk about “gaming” the system of admissions. The school of thought at S’s school is that to package a kid makes him look… well, packaged. Others work with the professional college placement specialist which seems like a euphemism for something with a larger appetite for your wallet. However, their skills are supposed to be their ability to know what to glean from a kid to give them, say those elusive 20 floors. Since tests and academics are fairly straight forward (especially if you have a familiarity with the HS), How do adcoms look at the packaging (or lack thereof) of these added star groups?</p>
<p>PS… how’s it going?</p>