<p><em>accepts the cyber smack</em> I tried to edit that but the goshdang system wouldn’t let me. Rice is a 50/50 school and I wouldn’t put it in the same category as Caltech or MIT or other truly Math/Science oriented schools. </p>
<p>And um…some of my best friends are introverted geeks? I married one who is the love of my life so there ya go… ;)</p>
<p>jymmie, if your son was one of the many kids under my umbrella and he was under threat from a psychotic roommate–you betcha. It’s only money.</p>
<p>i wrote a LONG, meaningful response to these letters, and they wouldn’t let it go thru! please “private message” me if interested. ( i have kids in college and am a professional working with kids.)</p>
<p>by the way…i poured my heart out to “deb” and “wild child” and thought i was appropriate…no go ? comments? why do they do that? very frustrating, after writing a long response!!</p>
<p>It seems like there is something a little wrong with the CC website right now, at least for me. Happycollegemom, if you ever write something long in the future, it’s a good idea to type it in Word or something so you can save it, and then copy and paste it to the CC thread. It seems to be the bad luck that it is always the time when you write something LONG that there is a problem with the site :(</p>
<p>i was using an ANALOGY about being pregnant and knowing about all that, and NOT knowing what to do after the baby comes…as in knowing how to get into colleges, and then what…</p>
<p>ok…working…i’d said many kids are not prepared emotinally/socially for college. high schools focus on GPAs, SATs, ECs, etc, and less on the right fit, which takes into consideration the kid’s own SELF knowledge.</p>
<p>happycollegemom,
I think I follow. If you like, try PM’ing me and maybe I can cut/paste and post…I am not having trouble posting…I’m using firefox, maybe it’s your browser…</p>
<p>( i said many schools have guidance counselors who don’t do what they’re supposed to do) i see kids who don’t ebven know to take APs, rather than easy As in regulars.</p>
<p>ok, this seems to be working, so i’ll keep trying to recreate my MUCH better previous letter! i’d said that i have 2 in college(new empty-nester) and one in a “public ivy”. we’d visited some ivies and she was very turned off by their sense of superiority. she chose to not apply to them.</p>
<p>i’d also said, it seems to be common knowledge that some of the ivies, do in fact what deb’s son was talking about, i think…guarantee an “old boy’s” job network, etc. they aren’t at all the better schools, just full of theire own importance.</p>
<p>I think the CC technophobes must be watching the Oscars or something tonight. Yes, CC has been acting persnickety tonight, so no, I don’t think you wrote anything that was unacceptable. We have all had the same experience of losing a post that we thought was worth of an Oscar for best original screenplay. After you finish curisng at the computer for losing your work. So please, do your best to recreate it, but cut and paste a copy into a word document first in case it goes <em>poof</em> again.</p>
<p>one in particular(one of the “best”) is known to never give grades below a B, even for inferior work, because once you’re in, you’re one of them!</p>
<p>i don’t remember what else i said, exactly, but i guess it’s important to emphasize how kids are not being guided in ways other than stats, prestige and academics. as we know, there’s so much more to a good fit in college for our kids. hope this was worth the wait! :)</p>