Yes, some threads seem pretty “non-productive.” I am grateful that our moderators do their best to help keep things civil, though it’s sad that they have to “babysit.” It must be tough for folks who feel them must be omniscient and have to always know and guide the world–what a heavy weight that must be, especially when it turns out WRONG!
Threads where someone argues that Cleveland is a better college town than Boston. .
Lol, @TomSrOfBoston! You apparently have not met many people from Cleveland. They think Cleveland is the best, nicest, why wouldn’t everyone love to live here.
@TomSrOfBoston Not so much after the events of this weekend.
Re: post 2760- Looks like there is another annoying thread where the OP is arguing with and insulting posters who do not agree that the adult child should live at home after college under the OPs rules and conditions. Posters seem to be banging their heads against a wall trying to suggest that a college grad can and should be permitted to make their own decisions. The thread is going in circles.
^^^ but that poster needs to be sure the kid lives at home so he can monitor the weight of the kid’s SO…
@MaineLonghorn is a recent convert; I’ve been doing this for a while. 
If the OP is just going to argue the answers, I see no reason to keep the discussion moving.
Perfect example. I closed that thread.
Thanks. It was going nowhere. Also find annoying the hypocritical threads. For example, one where a poster wants to set a good example for their kid, and then turns to alcohol to address stress/problems. Not thinking thats a good plan.
Threads where the OP posts a HELP ME NOW! thread, gets tons of great advice, and doesn’t have the courtesy to post an update.
Doesn’t it seem like more kids than usual are asking us to decide which college to pick?
On the 3.0-3.4 Thread…where else would a kid with a 3.0 and a 32 go? Why feel bad that they are there? Those kids are often more of a struggle bc the test score and grades just don’t align…the “slackers”.
Why do folks feel bad about other ppl’s scores, money, acceptances, etc?
@happy1 I had an issue this year with my high school transcripts from the early 80’s not being received correctly from my local community college. I had requested my old high school to send it in 3 separate times before I went to A&R to investigate. It turns out that many of those old archived transcripts from older persons who are still actively pursuing higher education are not entered into any computer database (or even microfiche hahaha). My high school transcripts had issues because it did not contain my full legal name nor did my high school’s name appear on it. It contained only the name of the school district. Due to this issue, the young reps in the office did not make the connection and my transcripts sat in an “unknown” pile until I went down there and had them look through the stack. They found all three. I suppose the answer to this issue is for the school system to wait for all the old folks without electronic transcripts to die off =)
I’m not sure I agree with you that an appeal is a waste of time. With my issue of having old transcripts from the 80’s and 90’s in non-electronic format, demonstrating poor academic work, and a recent transcript of 40 units at a 4.0 has already shown that a computer system would deny my application because of my overall GPA of 3.0. Yet, in an appeal, you would expect a human factor in the final decision making process, hopefully one that would actually look at the scenario and say, “Hey, this guy is trying to do something here and has demonstrated leadership and excellence is the last few years.”
@TooOld4College Yes, I’d agree that your particular situation pre-dates the computer age! I wasn’t clear enough I guess, but my comment was meant to be targeted to currently graduating HS seniors.
^^^^^ BTW, sorry for the buzz kill. This thread has taught me a lot today about re-entering the culture. I haven’t yet found an annoying thread, but then again I’m new to CC and haven’t read the same-ol’ same-ol’ over and over.
@TooOld4College Keep reading and you’ll find some “annoying threads” soon enough LOL.
@HRSMom Yes, a kid with a 3.0 and a 32 fits the 3.0-3.4 thread – but there are also postings about kids with 3.7+ UW GPAs (and often pretty nice ACT scores) on that thread. Why? Looks like the parents feel comfortable on the “average stats” threads even though their kid’s stats are (sometimes a lot) better than average. On an emotional/ psychological level, I get that.
If future users are looking for ideas of where their (actual) 3.0-3.4 kid might be accepted, get merit, etc., they’ll need to sift through some not-really-relevant posts about higher stats kids. But considering how valuable the info on that thread is (thanks again to @eandesmom), I don’t think it’s a big deal.
And how much fine-tuning do we want? I’ll take the kid with a 3.75 posting on the 3.0-3.4 thread any day if it means I don’t have to scroll past one titled “Where did your child with non-superscored ACT of 32-33 and UW GPA between 3.789 and 3.842 get in?”
@LuckyCharms913 I don’t think anyone really has issues with people who are truly looking for advice on those threads, but there are some who are truly looking for another reason to humble brag .
Threads where someone insists that having a $2 million gross income (but that’s only 1.2 million net!) still feels like middle class in San Francisco.
Threads that start off about one financial issue and yet somehow morph into the same old argument about how unfair financial aid rules are for people who make $200k plus. Both sides of the argument are so tiresome. “$200k is nothing, I can’t possibly afford private college! In my area $200k is barely middle class!” “Wrong, $200k is incredibly wealthy and if you can’t afford private college it’s entirely your own darn fault! There is no acceptable argument for why you could have $200k on your FAFSA and not afford to be full pay everywhere!”
^ha! That’s my peeve too. That argument never ends!