<p>Mootmom - June or mid-July would be much better for me — August is going to be pretty busy around here too. A weekend would work well.</p>
<p>We Californians encourage those of you too frozen to think straight, to continue with your thinking and jawing that California is not a good place. Please continue to say such things and do not visit, we like our few remaining open spaces. Mootmom, you can count me in if we’re here, although we’ll be in Minnesota for French immersion camp (hopefully Omaha first for the College World Series!!), then Virginia for Valley League summer baseball, then (God forbid) Las Vegas for ballet competition, then Hawaii for soccer tournament. If we are around-- I’m about a half hour away from you, I’ll do the Costco run if you want…</p>
<p>8 degrees this morning in Madison. I am so cold.</p>
<p>Is that -8 or +8?</p>
<p>Regarding those Parents’ or Family Weekends— don’t the schools look at the calendar when they plan these? BU’s parents’ weekend in October starts the day after Yom Kippur, which is a Thursday. It is impossible to fly to Boston from California in time for Friday morning activities. I would have to leave two or three days early and spend Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur there.</p>
<p>8 above zero.</p>
<p>Could be worse. I remember -20.</p>
<p>well, if it makes you feel any better, it is only 64 degrees right now here, and the sky is cloudy. We’re in the middle of a “cold”, wet spell. But the foothills, which I can see from my office window, are gloriously green and the poppies and lupine are beginning to bloom :D.</p>
<p>I think that each of the party host-ers should draw up application forms for prospective attendees to fill out. Stats would be required:
[ul]
[<em>]Rank (Junior Member, Member, Senior Member, Moderator)
[</em>]Scores (number of threads started, number of posts)
[li]GPA (general posting average: avg number of posts per day)[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>In addition, prospective attendees will be required to write an essay titled, “Why I want to attend this particular party” in such a way that will shed light on their true character.</p>
<p>Depending on the party, interviews may be required, either by the host or by alumni of previous parties with the host. In addition, two letters of recommendation from moderators may be required.</p>
<p>In addition, an Early Decision application can be made, but if the applicant is accepted into the party, he or she must immediately withdraw all other party applications. The various hosts will share the ED acceptances with each other to ensure that no cheating occurs.</p>
<p>For the California parties, quotas will ensure that under-represented states will have a slight advantage in the selection process, but a certain percentage of the party seats will be reserved for residents of California.</p>
<p>After the selection season, a Common Data Set will be provided by each of the hosts to me and I will provide a ranking of the parties based on the number of applicants, the percentage of acceptances, the yield (percent acceptances who actually attend that party), average stats of the acceptees, and party endowment (dollars spent by the host on wine, beer, and canapes). The results of the ranking will be available (for a slight fee, credit cards accepted) to help next year’s prospective party-goers decide which parties to apply to. By comparing their own stats with those published, they may decide which parties will be safeties, matches, and reaches. We may also have ready software (“Party-O-Matic”) so that a potential applicant may enter all of the relevant information, including geographic preference, and receive a list of those parties the software thinks are the best to apply to.</p>
<p>It is recommended that each applicant apply to 6 parties: 2 safeties, 2 matches, and 2 reaches. </p>
<p>Finally, for those for whom the process is either interesting or excruciating, we will open a new forum on the internet: partyconfidential.com.</p>
<p>Digi - wut r my chances?</p>
<p>Are you a legacy (from any previous parties) or have you contributed to party endowments (e.g., brought a keg or a case of wine)? Without knowing all of the details of your life, I can’t really say, but you will have to face the fact that some parties will always be lottery-ticket chances at acceptance. For the best appraisal, wait until my ratings come out next year. Also, for a fee, partyconfidential.com will do a Party-Stats-Appraisal and will also help you get accepted even if you are initially deferred from your first-choice party.</p>
<p>STATS:
[ol][<em>]Member
[</em>]3.37 posts per day (excluding this one)
[<em>]355 posts total (excluding this one)
[</em>]12 threads started
[<em>]excellent skills in sizing, colors, and quotations
[</em>]proficient skills in listing
[<em>]great essays, great recs
[</em>]from midatlantic
[<em>]non legacy
[</em>]URM (extra points?)
[<em>]willing to make a generous donation
[</em>]applying ED[/ol]</p>
<p>DO NOT READ, ADCOM!
P.S. Jmmom and Carolyn, please write me recs 
P.P.S. If I am a half URM, can I put it on my app? Ehh, too late. Who cares about integrity if I can get into the most prestigious party!
P.P.S. I need a safety. It must be the most prestigious party that I can easily get into. Suggestions?</p>
<p>I’ll write you a rec, jmmom! I promise that I’ll get it in by the deadline. Are you applying ED?</p>
<p>yemaya - you look like you have good stats,but we cannot help you without more information about what you are “seeking” in a party in the way of “fit”.</p>
<p>Do you [ul][<em>]want a catered party or do you prefer open boxes of Ritz crackers and plastic tubs of onion dip[</em>]like to be the “Life” of the party, feeling that you look good with a lampshade on your head …[/ul]</p>
<p>You get the idea</p>
<p>(The Adcom is a little too tired, it being midnite on the East Coast. Will defer all ED requests until sunup).</p>
<p>WHY I WANT TO ATTEND THIS PARTY
by DigMedia</p>
<p>My finger was poised above the mouse. The cursor hovered on the “Submit Response” button. A small bead of sweat was about to fall from my forehead onto my keyboard. I was about to make my first post on collegeconfidential.com.</p>
<p>But it was not just any post. It was in response to a comment that TheDad had made and I was about to disagree with him. What would he think? What would the other regular posters think? Would I be flamed - laughed off the boards - when they read my response? Who was I to go against the grain of the general flow of the thread?</p>
<p>But then I thought back to my earlier history. Even when I disagreed with everyone, the laughter was not directed at me, but with me, in good-natured fun. I really WAS the life of the party. I thought to myself, “I can succeed here, and probably be accepted to any party I wanted to attend.” But after seeing and understanding the diversity of partyism around this country, I had come to a decision. Only one party would matter: this one. I now know that deep down, I have always wanted to go to this particular party. It will complete me as a person. And I will willingly provide extra funds to sponsor a party-goer less fortunate than myself. </p>
<p>These were the thoughts I had as I clicked the mouse. My first post to CC was done. The rest is history…</p>
<p>Who cares about “fit”? Prestige is all that matters! I’m also on the east coast, but before I go to sleep, I must know my chances!!!</p>
<p>BUMP. Pleeeeeaaaaase respond. It has already been five minutes since my last response. Are my stats that bad?</p>
<p>WHY I WANT TO ATTEND THIS PARTY
by Yemaya13</p>
<p>My finger was poised above the mouse. The cursor hovered on the “Submit Response” button. A small bead of sweat was about to fall from my forehead onto my keyboard. I was about to make my first post on collegeconfidential.com.</p>
<p>But it was not just any post. It was in response to a comment that TheDad had made and I was about to disagree with him. What would he think? What would the other regular posters think? Would I be flamed - laughed off the boards - when they read my response? Who was I to go against the grain of the general flow of the thread?</p>
<p>But then I thought back to my earlier history. Even when I disagreed with everyone, the laughter was not directed at me, but with me, in good-natured fun. I really WAS the life of the party. I thought to myself, “I can succeed here, and probably be accepted to any party I wanted to attend.” But after seeing and understanding the diversity of partyism around this country, I had come to a decision. Only one party would matter: this one. I now know that deep down, I have always wanted to go to this particular party. It will complete me as a person. And I will willingly provide extra funds to sponsor a party-goer less fortunate than myself. </p>
<p>These were the thoughts I had as I clicked the mouse. My first post to CC was done. The rest is history…</p>
<p>The adcoms don’t really check our stats, do they? They won’t remember if they have already read an essay, will they?</p>
<p>If the answer to either of these questions is yes, I have sent in the wrong essay. I must have “mixed it up” with another, and I will submit another one soon!</p>
<p>LOL! You guys are too much. :)</p>
<p>Hum… I’ll have to submit an app for a party (or two). </p>
<p>Safeties: the mid-Atlantic parties. Not much of us here, and we’re not into prestige or anything.
Matches: the New England parties. I’m a legacy at those (hi, Soozie!).
Reach: the SoCal feistas. Sure, my mom lives there, and I’ve visited - but they are awfully exclusive. Given travel considerations (aka finances), cannot apply ED. However, I may be able to tell them that, should they admit me and give me as generous a package as my in-state party, I would attend.</p>
<p>My stats:
*CCer since March 2003.<br>
*Member
*A few hundred posts on this forum; a few hundred more on the previous one.
*2.24 posts per day on this forum
*legacy from the old forum. I remember when Carolyn’s daughter’s horse was lost during the fires; I know that WUSTL-WL can strike fear into the hearts of our brave young men and women; I remember the mess after Yale went SCEA. </p>
<p>Other:
*Gourmand extraordinaire: will bring yummy chocolate cakes or a bottle of Veuve. As we all know, real-life meetings of this kind are entirely calorie-free.
*Under-represented minority: not a parent, not a college student, not a high school student.<br>
*Has some experience with summer parties in one region (does this help my chances?) - and I can say that TheDad does NOT look like Johnny Depp.</p>