It just sounded elitist I think. We had read somethings about it and we were discussing it too. The eating clubs drive the social life I believe. Interestingly enough, my daughter was totally turned off by the eating clubs but another girl that I was assisting with college apps was totally intrigued with them. She even went out and bought a Princeton hoodie and started wearing it. So you never know what’s going to capture a kids attention.
My S thought that the UChicago prompts were trying way too hard to be quirky and my daughter loved the idea behind them. He ended up in a college that stresses pre professional majors and she is going to end up probably in a college that stresses the liberal arts. I thought it would be the other way around. But they both listened to my advise as well as I encouraged them to find a good fit. It’s all good.