Too Many Choices????

Pizzagirl
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:05:38 +0000

While I am extremely proud of our DD, I don’t think she hit a jackpot. From three merit $$ awarding schools - Duke, WashU and Vandy- she got in, she did not get one red penny of merit $$.



I’m speechless. The sense of entitlement and expectation here is just through the roof.

Sorry, from the standpoint of top 20 schools, 34 ACT kids with 4.0’s, lots of AP’s and excellent EC’s are a DIME A DOZEN. That’s WHY your dd, talented as she undoubtedly is, didn’t get merit $. Because, while she’s spectacular compared to the average person, it’s not so spectacular WITHIN THE REALM OF TOP 20 that it merits merit $.