<p>I read this from originaloog on another thread…</p>
<p>"The second thing to remember is that DB’s and BB’s are chocked full of deceptive postings and outright fabrications. We have no way to determine in any particular poster is telling the truth, the partial truth or fabricating a totally fictitious yarn.</p>
<p>I have some evidence that one popular poster here has exaggerated at least two elements of her/his students hs accomplishments. The funny thing is that his/her student seems to be very good academically. But if only one lie is posted, why should we believe that any other posting is true."</p>
<p>OK people. Time to come clean. The poster originaloog mentioned can’t be the only one that fudged the truth. You’ll feel better to get these lies off your chests. You will get your self-respect back. Time to tell the truth. What was the exagerration? What was the lie and what is the truth?</p>
<p>OK. It is only fair that I go first. So here goes…</p>
<p>Oh wait. I didn’t tell a lie or exagerrate.</p>
<p>sorry to disappoint…I was forthright with everything, the good and the bad. I publicly announced his outright Yale EA rejection and posted his slacker 1460 SAT score (ACT was a 34 on the first unprepared-for sitting, though, and that’s what he used at most schools). I can’t remember too many posters who put it all out there as much as I did, including every single rejection.</p>
<p>p.s. This question is kinda silly. If someone HAS been lying/exaggerating, what makes you think any answer you get now is true? </p>
There are also some posters who have not been up front about the, ummm, resources they used to help gain some uber-elite admissions. So? I agree with itstoomuch…no need to dwell on this stuff! :)</p>
<p>OK, I’ll admit it. My daughter didn’t really turn down a football scholarship at Harvard to attend Deep Springs. Last we heard, she was living with a nice group of other girls in a house outside Reno making a good living.</p>
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<li><p>We were thrilled with our slacker son’s 1490. Should I have been ashamed?</p></li>
<li><p>Hah hah hah! My kid did better than yours! My kid did better than yours!</p></li>
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<p>I’ve been honest about the facts, but I cop to being prone to exaggerating for effect in the qualitative discussions… I blame my father, The Great Exaggerator.</p>
<p>I cannot tell a lie, it was TheDad. He really doesn’t have a daughter attending Smith who dances ballet. He has a son at Texas A+M named Jaworski Lane, a 280lb fullback with a face like a frying pan.</p>
<p>Hey, and anyway b - I had to admit to my kid’s scraggly waitlist at Duke after 1460 boy got in with a scholarship. In for a dime , in for a dollar. As my D said several times in the process, that whole honesty thing can get tedious at times.</p>
<p>I really put it all out there. I admitted to WildChild’s suspensions and an expulsion (actually starting with pre-school, which fortunately didn’t need to be listed on the application). The 4 high schools and the therapeutic wilderness program on the transcript were also real selling points. 1420 SAT, a demonstrated “upward trend” in behavior and maturity and a 4:24 junior year mile/1420 SAT helped overcome the checkered past, fortunately. (I couldn’t make this $hit up if I tried!)</p>
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As my D said several times in the process, that whole honesty thing can get tedious at times.</p>