Parents on college tours.

Tinfoyl
Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:07:31 +0000

I can’t tell you how many times my dad and I would look at each other and just roll our eyes at some of these ridiculous parents. I’ll be honest, 90% of the questions asked are trivial nonsense. At the top schools, what gets under my skin the most is when parents ask these inconsequential questions as if their child has already gotten into the university. It really, really irritates me. I remember parents asking about swimming tests or bus rates or other meaningless drivel. The best part is that they follow these questions with jotting down the answers in the notebooks that they bring. Really? Really? Especially at good schools where admission is anything but guaranteed, some questions are pertinent in understanding how well you like the university. Academics, maybe even weather, campus size, but swimming tests? Oh god, I wish I could rip those notebooks out of their hands, take their pen or pencil, and write down “Idiot.”

Sorry, it’s just the nerve of some people!