HUGE congrats to her! What an accomplishment! 
Hugs, because I can certainly understand the mixed emotions right now.
(Can I be even more excited because now you can officially use your Brown Rice response? 
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Yes. My kids go to Brown Rice!
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If people were interested, I bet the mods would reopen the thread. The last post was in AprilâŠ
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Fantastic news !! Congrats
What a great news!! Huge congrats!
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A bunch of schools on my daughterâs EA list moved up the release dates - so now we have a few more coming in December (MAYBE - one was like we are release Thursday through end of January! Haha!) â
A huge congrats to everyone getting acceptances!!
My daughter didnât make the 1st round Centralis selection for Central Michigan -but that was always going to be a big reach!
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Congrats! Awesome!
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Congratulations! There is a very helpful Brown Parents & Guardians FB page, if thatâs of interest. I can understand your mixed emotions right now, but let me assure you, itâs an amazing community and by next August youâll be 100% excited for your daughter. Feel free to DM me with any questions and a huge congratulations to your family!
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amazing!!! Huge congrats 
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Fantastic school, though Iâm sure this weekend impacts the emotions.it is a huge accomplishment, so congrats! It goes without saying that my heart is with the Brown community, and especially the families of the victims.
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Iâm sorry if I offend anybody here, but that is insane! Moving your kids somewhere in order to game the system into getting them into some particular prestige school, and then punishing the kid because they fell apart when you ripped them away from their world at 16 or 17 is outrageously poor parenting. They taught their kid all the wrong lessons about so many things, including how much they value their kid for the person they are.
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So living in Bay Area you see lots of crazy parents. I have heard of people moving their kids to other areas but most often itâs private schools that charge 60k+ and you have to apply in middle school or earlier and then some have 90% rejection rates.
There is the counselors that help manage every part of the kids highschool experience from picking classes to setting up charity foundation to helping them get internships.
Finally thereâs sports, we found out that in 7th grade it was too late for my daughter to start playing club sports, everyone else had been playing for 3+ years and none of the coaches could be bothered to teach her. She didnât have any fun, another girl that made the team quit after a year, the games were uber competitive. For other sports we have heard parents yelling at kids during events. I was shocked that the worst culprits were private school parents but on retrospect not surprising.
But if you have the time/money you will make it, a friend has their kids in different sport programs. Itâs year around club/camp activity. Then there is the youth sports training (thinking big gym thatâs normally for CrossFit) when the kids are not in club activity they work out there. You need the private school because club activities and travel take up so much time and kids will miss school, public school teachers are not as flexible. First kid is in an Ivy school and second kid will most likely be in another one. Oh I forgot you also have to have time/money to take off work and take the kid to meet the coaches during the year and sending them regular updates on the kids activities/awards.
I just look at those parents and get exhausted. As are some of the kids, we heard one kid just left school and went to a mental health institution and committed themselves, would not meet with the parents and an aunt had to fly in because she was the only one the kid would meet face to face. Some kids thrive under pressure or seem to, another friend has 2 kids in MIT. Are the kids happy ? I have no idea, just glad that S26 is happy to go the CC to UC route and doesnât have any school that he has to attend.
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There was a kid in D19âs class who got into MIT and was so burnt out by that stage he ended up going to one of his safeties so he could take some of the pressure off. We are public school but I see some of these too and yes - itâs often the parents pushing. Kids who have almost no free time between all the APs, all the sport, all the clubs and saving the world. It is an acknowledged problem at the school actually and they try to adddess it,but some parents just donât want to hear. = the type of parent who is validated by their kidâs achievements.
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Oh it was totally bizarre and terrible to witness. I think about the student whose parents were upset all the time. I made sure that caring adults let them know they were so smart and awesome (they are!) and had a graduation party just for them and did a lot of âbraggingâ about how wonderful they are. Things they probably werenât hearing at home, in other words. That student is now enrolled at a college not remotely far enough away IMO. Iâve heard the scrutiny continues, along with a âtransfer to an Ivyâ campaign. The other kid whose parents did this was invited back to our high school to talk to juniors and seniors about how âsuccessfulâ they are. 
Not the kidâs fault of course, butâŠ
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ha ha ha - false alarm. Someone was following a UNC Class of 2030 Instagram Account that isnât directly run by the university and had posted a âClass of 2030â graphic⊠
I remember this poor kid in D24âs class.
It was in their sophmore year. The school publishes an honor role. Highest honors (4.0), high honors (3.5).
The parents of one of her classmates made the kid read off the names of every student who received highest honors because he only received high honors.
I hope that kid doesnât have some kind of lingering trauma after that experience.
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What in the actual F? Some people shouldnât be allowed to breed. Sorry not sorry.
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And the only reason we found out was because he told D24 at lunch. âCongratulations. My parents had me read the names of everyone who got highest honorsâŠâ
D24 couldnt believe it. A 16 year old couldnt believe it but these âhighly educatedâ adults thought it was a good idea.
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Congrats to all the newest acceptances- thrilled for these kids! D26 was accepted to University of South Carolina last night. She was shocked she did not get deferred. Even though she is committed to Auburn, SC was her other top pick (along with Clemson). She feels sad though because her best friend got deferred from SC and it is her dream school. I told her âmostâ kids got deferred and last year, the kids from our high school who got deferred with lower stats than her friend ultimately got admitted so hopefully the same happens for her friend. She hears from Elon tonight and then only has one more school left to hear from.
D26 had her surgery yesterday. We were up at zero dark thirty to be at the hospital. The procedure took an hour longer than they said so I was a mess once we hit the anticipated end time and had not heard anything yet. Thankful all went well. She is in a ton of pain and I am anticipating today and tomorrow will be the worst. Neither of us slept last night. I am actually at work today and she is home with my husband. I am taking tomorrow off. Her school sent a threatening email that she had âtoo many absencesâ and would not receive credit for the quarter. I was livid. They knew this was a surgery and other than these days she has only missed one school day all year and it was senior skip day I emailed the guidance counselor and she said not to worry about it as long as the surgeon sends documentation. Just frustrated b/c I made sure everyone at school knew this was a medical thing and promised to submit documentation as soon as I had it and got this letter anyway.
S24 has Flu A and is miserable. He spiked a fever the night before D26 surgery and tested +. Thankfully he is out so much that he had pretty much zero contact with any of us leading up to the illness. He has now been banished to his room and the basement.
And finally, my mother is thriving in her new environment. They get her outside most of the day and she looks so much brighter and more alert. And she can SEE!! Poor thing had been without glasses in that bed for months. I get pictures of her outside looking bright and alert and it is so reassuring. I still canât believe this is all only a week and a half out from her leaving her situation but wow what a difference. I truly could not see a light at the end of the tunnel a few weeks ago.
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Yay for the acceptance, especially in light of so many deferrals. Iâm sure her friend will get in once RD rolls around, considering itâs her top choice so sheâll show plenty of interest!
Glad the surgery went well, but scary to have to wait. I donât understand why the school was so quick to send that threat when they know the situation!
So sorry about S24!! That stinks right before the holidays! Hopefully it will run its course quickly so he can enjoy winter break.
You must be so relieved and happy about how well your mother is doing. You did so much to get her the better situation that she needed.
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