Threads from parents asking for advice about what to do in regards to a high school S or D based on certain perceptions about what MUST be done and what HS MUST be attended or what classes MUST be taken, how many EC’s MUST be joined, etc., and when they get advice in which everyone is almost universally in agreement in favor of the student’s point of view, they say, “But, but, but, how to do I force my kid to do what I wanted in the first place?”
Threads where the OP inquires about freshman research opportunities at X University then asks a series of questions that could easily be looked up (researched) on the school’s website.
threads where someone feels the need to set the history lectures/cousins/classmates poster straight, for pages of argument, totally dragging it out and making sure the thread is effectively killed. Rather than just letting it pass.
Those threads that are frequented by particular members, with such an obvious agenda, who never participate anywhere other than those threads.
EXACTLY. So over it. Most are neither students nor parents. I don’t even know why they’re here.
The ones where certain posters always think they are right.
i don’t know if this has been said, but any thread with “HELP!” and “TYPOS” in the title.
No, it is not going to ruin your chances that you said “waht” when you meant “what”. Sure, email admissions about it if it really, truly will give you a heart attack if you don’t tell them about your “unforgivable errer”. 
Speaking of typos, it’s remarkably Freudian that my fat-fingered typing on phone consistently produces “school lust” instead of “school list”
Not the thread, but the most annoying posters are the ones who feel forced to give advice even when they don’t know the answer. Some even say: I’m not sure but someone will correct me. This especially happens with financial or tax advice.
What if someone doesn’t correct you? What if the poor kid that you just gave incorrect advice to goes with what you said. Here’s an idea: if you don’t know, just don’t answer. Somebody else will.
Right. Or the ones who say " I dont know anything about this" or " I have nothing to add to this" and then post away anyway. Its often an excuse, at least in one case that comes to mind, to bring up their child’s accomplishments, even when it has absolutely nothing to do with the thread topic.
The kids who post their “chance me” request, then bump it after about an hour!! We’re not all sitting around waiting for posts to show up–we’ll get to 'em when we get to 'em!
The ones where someone asks a complex tax or finaid question, several posters take the time to give detailed answers and you never hear from the OP again.
^^ Especially annoying when you need them to answer a question to correctly answer.
Cafe threads that become “cliquey” . A group of posters take over and ignore questions/comments from anyone else.
When someone asks for advice, you give it, then the OP spends several posts telling you why you are wrong. It is one thing to tell a responder “I don’t think my situation fits what you are saying” or give reasons why they may not think your advice applies, but often what you get are quite rude responses. In many of those cases, it tends to be people (not just kids, adults) who have swallowed some kind of rules as ‘the truth’, and are looking for people, not to give them advice, but pat them on the back and say “of course you can!”. For example, someone else pointed out the 3.5 gpa student with the 1850 SAT asking 'what are my chances of getting into an ivy", they are probably expecting someone to say “you have a good chance of getting in, admissions is a lot more than your scores,etc”, when if you point out that Ivy admissions in many cases, unless you fall into a special category (ie inner city kid from a tough background, athlete, legacy) is a statistics rule exercise for the most part, you will get rude responses ‘that isn’t true’ and so forth.
I see this all the time on the music majors board, where some kid or parent wanders in, where the kid is a violinist in the school orchestra, started playing when they were 14, has never had a private teacher, playing relatively low level repertoire, and has this dream of being a classical musician, and when you tell them that that dream is next to impossible based on where they are, you get back both the poster and some others on the board, telling you you are an elitist, that there are plenty of paths to get to where the kid wants to be, etc…and it is like the so so student with mediocre test scores dreaming of going to one of the elite colleges, the reality is they would be better looking at their dreams and figuring out a path to them that doesn’t require an ivy league degree shrug…
Threads or questions I dislike A LOT
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Chance me, I will chance you back
How the hell can I trust your estimate when you can’t even make estimates for your own? -
I have X.XX Gpa with this SAT/score and I am this ethnicity. Can I get in?
-Colleges care more than those. Get it right -
I have 2200+ SAT. Should I retake?
-I somewhat get where this uncertainty comes from, but 2300+ ones annoys me to no end. It could be that a poster is either super pretentious and arrogant or totally booksmart but not actually smart. -
I need scholarship. Can I get scholarship with < 3.5 GPA and <1800 SAT?
-This one happens a lot, surprisingly. Same for some oblivious international students. -
responses that keep arguing back with other people
-Yeah there are some Ivy stuck up pricks, and tbh, I made this mistake. However, as I see it now, it’s really frustrating when one doesn’t listen to you. -
Any threads that ask you so basic questions like, “what is fafsa and CSS profile?”
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Please read my essays
-How could you trust other high schoolers to correct your essays?? I don’t mind someone to FM me, but I am surprised how many people here can entrust their personal writings to other high school students(sometimes experienced teachers and advisors DO help you) -
ANY threads asking: Can I get in Ivy leagues?(or non ivy leagues colleges that are academically on par)
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Complaining about tests themselves. Deal with it.
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Any threads that say “but the college is holistic!” Duh, but it has its limit.
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“What’s the deadline??”
-…not even worthexplaining why I hate this question -
“I have mediocre gpa with average SAT without any special EC, but I want to go (prestigious school’s name)!”
-I would be more than glad to pop your bubbles, kid. -
“What are the test requirements?”
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Any threads that clearly show that OP didn’t spend a second to do some researches on colleges.
Ex: Am I good for MIT ED? -
All capitalized titles/titles with too many typos/repetitive chance threads some SAME person!
Any thread that has capital letters in the title that says “urgent”.
@thumper1 oh yeah I forgot that one!
Another one: threads that don’t have a clean list of their stats, but enumerates in a single paragraph. It makes other posters’ eyes really tired.
The other ones…threads that say that the situation is “unique” because usually…it is not.
@GMTplus7 I can’t believe someone actually asked “is there a good college with generous FA near a ski resort?” That is such a mentally challenged question LOL!
Here is another one: Give me a list of good colleges.
It’s KIND OF(but not totally) okay to ask “which colleges offer good premed/business/nursing undergraduate program”
but it’s eye-rolling to see a question like, “could you guys suggest good schools?”
I see this questions in international students often, and even though I am a fellow int student, it makes me very frustrated. If you can’t even bother to do researches on “good” schools, then the chance is you will be miserable in US colleges because you have to do everything on your own