<p>The original topic will never be exhausted - and yes - we are a fun, social group. You are welcome to visit! :)</p>
<p>^ Nothing wrong at all with a fun, social group. I suspect the ongoing conversation ranges far beyond the original thread title, hence the suggestion to change the name. Oh well, I guess there are pros and cons to doing so.</p>
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<p>Ahahahaaaaa!!!</p>
<p>“Will X Prep School Give me Advantage?”</p>
<p>Zapfino: come visit; you may never leave…</p>
<p>“I am no longer perfect–only 99.99% perfect. Will this doom me at Harvard?”</p>
<p>Followed by snarky comments from students that this will in fact, doom the OP, and responses by soft-hearted parents that it won’t.</p>
<p>“I have mediocre grades, scores, and ECs, and no hooks. Can I still get into Harvard?”</p>
<p>Followed by well-meaning posts from students saying that if OP just writes a good essay he still has a chance, and responses from hard-headed parents that he needs more safeties and matches.</p>
<p>Layman Prestige
Rank the following universities in descending order of prestigiousness
Are LACs well-known internationally?
Prestige of LACs
Brand power in Asia</p>
<p>Will I be able to get into medical school if I go to Princeton (or MIT, or Chicago)?</p>
<p>What are the easiest courses at __________?</p>
<p>Do bulge-bracket investment banks recruit at _____________?</p>
<p>I want to be a billionaire hedge-fund manager before I am 25. Should I apply early to Harvard, Yale, or MIT?</p>
<p>Do I have to have a coed bathroom at __________________?</p>
<p>Or even better, Which should I choose, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or MIT? </p>
<p>Hey, kid, why don’t you get into those schools first and then worry about the agony of having to choose.</p>
<p>JHS - I remember the coed bathroom thread. My D was one of those who wasn’t crazy about coed bathrooms (though she would have certainly dealt with it) and clearly she solved that problem by going to a women’s college! If I only knew …</p>
<p>If I go to the University of Southeastern Arkansas’s branch campus at Hogtussle, can I still…</p>
<p>…transfer to an Ivy?
…get a job on Wall Street?</p>
<p>Just how religious is XYZ Baptist Bible College?</p>
<p>“Hey, kid, why don’t you get into those schools [H,Y,M] first and then worry about the agony of having to choose.”</p>
<p>And if you’re smart enough to get in all those schools, you obviously know how to play this game better than 99% of the people here, so how about you stop showing off and make your own decision?</p>
<p>Coed bathrooms.
I bumped into an old college classmate here. When she discussed the coed bathroom arrangement she had, I thought that it sounded exactly like what I had experienced. It was.</p>
<p>Re; Post #45: “Zapfino: come visit; you may never leave…”</p>
<p>rodney, that’s what I’m afraid of…</p>
<p>Pizzagirl: the bathrooms at women’s colleges are coed! You never know who is visiting, or when, and (at least at my daughter’s school) there are no restrictions.</p>
<p>“My second cousin went to Harvard. Am I a legacy?”</p>
<p>“<em>I</em> don’t care about prestige, but I still want to know which is more prestigious, X or Y”</p>
<p>And just started…the UMPTEENTH thread </p>
<p>How do I move my kiddo to college?</p>
<p>“Who wants to pull an all nighter studying AP _____ with me?”</p>
<p>“My son is a rising college freshman and he wants an MBA, what should he be studying?”</p>
<p>"We’re planning to visit Harvard, Colby, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, and Georgetown. What’s the best way to do it all in three days? (colleges will vary, but usually they’re all on the east coast)</p>
<p>I’m an international student. What US unis will pay me to attend? </p>
<p>My parents make $200K a year but won’t pay anything for my college. Where can I borrow $60K a year to go to my dream school? </p>
<p>How much need-based aid can an OOS student get at Some State U? </p>
<p>Why did College X reduce my FA when I got an outside scholarship? </p>
<p>Why did College X reduce my FA after they verified my FAFSA? </p>
<p>My dad abandoned the family before I was born? Do I need to include his income on my FAFSA? </p>
<p>How much will FAFSA give me? </p>
<p>Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using CC App</p>
<p>Class ranking/val & sal threads (of course my kid is really smarter but those kids with the best class ranks take only easy classes- and they cheat).</p>
<p>“I’m [political belief]. Should I be concerned about [college]?”</p>
<p>“I may get an A- in my AP class. Are my chances for college doomed?”
[responses affirming that OP is doomed, including made up anecdotes about people who ended up homeless because they got an A- in an AP class.]
“Is there anything I can do to save myself?!?!?!?!”</p>
<p>This one just came up AGAIN:
“Is Rice very Southern?”
" Why would soemone from the north want to go go school in Texas? Will they fit in?"</p>