xiggi
June 22, 2007, 3:18pm
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<p>Well, not quite …</p>
<p><a href=“http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/6/15/profrosProfiledSixNewFacesOnTheFarm[/url] ”>http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2007/6/15/profrosProfiledSixNewFacesOnTheFarm</a></p> ;
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Watching all those cute little ProFros last weekend reminded me of a different, more innocent time. A time when we actually bothered wearing high heels to classes, when we all seriously cared about the SAT scores of virtual strangers, when we feared there might actually exist a mythical permanent record of every time we got recess detention in elementary school. In short, Admit Weekend takes us all back to life before college. Generally, prospective freshman can be sorted into a few categories. Which of these did you fit into, back in the day?</p>
<p>True-Blue Cardinal: This spirited little filly has spent the past eighteen years dreaming of Lakeside Dining and practicing her wacky walk; Typical quote: “Go Stanford!”</p>
<p>Haughty Harvardite: No force of man or God is going to recruit this young ProFro to Stanford: he was accepted to all sixteen universities he applied to, including two colleges at Oxford. Typical quote: “After my interviews at Princeton, Columbia, Harvard and Yale, it’s so charmingly quaint to visit your cute little farm.”</p>
<p>The Party Animal: According to Facebook, this profro’s favorite movies are Animal House, Porky’s and American Pie 2. She came to The Farm to enjoy her first real, alcoholic boy-girl party — and no stupid “dry weekend” policy is going to stop her! Typical quote: “So, what does SAE stand for?” </p>
<p>*Scaredy McStageMom: This is the poor, cute little high-school senior who gets dragged around all weekend by his over-eager, pro-Stanford parents. While they take flyers and candy from every single booth at the activities fair (including Campus Girl Scouts and the Judo Club), he sullenly text messages his friends back home. While his parents are forcing President Hennessy to autograph a Nalgene, he is frantically trying to gnaw off an arm through the custom-made Stanford polo shirt his mommy dressed him in that morning. His parents refuse to call him by anything but his College Confidential admissions forum screen name. In reality, this kid doesn’t even know which colleges he has applied to — he is just waiting patiently to go somewhere (anywhere!) more than 100 miles away from home in the fall.
Typical quote: This kid’s mother does all the talking for him; it is currently unknown whether he is physically able to speak. *</p>
<p>Eager Beaver:This profro is so impressive that her fifty-page resume is required reading for introductory CS and MS&E classes. Typical quote: “Would it be possible to play a varsity sport, sing in an a cappella group and do a three year co-term?”</p>
<p>Ideal Profro: This ProFro acknowledges that Admit Weekend is a little dorky, but the people are cool. Typical quote: “It was nice to meet you, man. See you in the fall.”
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<p>It’s not true. Sometimes we just call WashDadJr, “Junior.” This article is SO unfair.</p>
jmmom
June 22, 2007, 4:44pm
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<p>Oh. I wasn’t supposed to officially change his name to jmson? </p>
<p>Yeah, her name does sound kinda good using a Rocky-esque voice…</p>
<p>YO!!! SPRINGFIELDGIRL!!!</p>
<p>I dunno…I think she’ll be the laughingstock of Happy Valley…</p>
mini
June 22, 2007, 5:09pm
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<p>My kids are Maxi1 and Maxi2, though given that some folks call me Mimi, they could be Mammy1 and Mammy2. That’s a thot…</p>
jym626
June 22, 2007, 5:40pm
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<p>xiggi-
When I first read the title of your thread, I thought for a moment that you were talking about yourself!! I laughed when I saw the link to the article. ;)</p>
<p>But…but my kid never had a username here. She just posted under my name.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the article - love the arm gnawing part.</p>
dmd77
June 22, 2007, 7:36pm
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<p>Mini, you mean your kids aren’t Mini-me and Mini-me-me?</p>
<p>Well, at least they are not known as “D” or “S”!</p>
cheers
June 22, 2007, 7:49pm
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<p>xiggi…it’s a good question…is your CC status a widely known fact at school?</p>
<p>My guys would hate that.</p>
<p>Mine has never posted here either and has NO IDEA she is ldgirl…lol! Maybe I should let her in on that one… ;)</p>
<p>I have a deal with my kids; they stay outahere and I never read FaceBook, MySpace etc. </p>
<p>Kids, good bye. You promised.</p>
<p>If you don’t get outahere I’m going to start calling you “42K - One,” “42K-Two,” and “42-K-getmeoxygen”</p>
<p>P3T…I love the 42K-One and 42-K Two and 42-K-getmeoxygen names! LOL. </p>
<p>(then again, it would be nice if my kids’ colleges’ price tags were “only” 42-K!..but at least I only can be called “payingTWOTuitions”)</p>
tako
June 22, 2007, 9:25pm
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<p>Heehee. I wonder if my parents know I post on here…and if they know I’m me. Or if they post on here too Maybe one of you is my mom! Lol. That’d be an interesting conversation…</p>
<p>Haha…tako, now that would be amusing.</p>
<p>I have to admit to frequently referring to my son as “WildChild”. My daughter’s favorite is referring to her boyfriend (now fiance) as D’s bf.</p>
<p>Guilty as charged: S1, S2 and S3 remind me all the time.</p>
xiggi
June 23, 2007, 2:38pm
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<p>is your CC status a widely known fact at school?</p>
<p>Not known at all IRL. :)</p>