Student notes that they can’t afford their dream school, lists the schools they are choosing between, asks for guidance, and then leaves all the helpful posters hanging with vague comments that they have made their decision. No, they aren’t required to shard, but those helpful posters who shared guidance and suggestions have a right to feel annoyed.
Ack autocorrect! * Share, not shard! The student lists their dream school and the other schools they are considering, gets lots of good advice and then vaguely says they have made their decisions and leaves. Seems inconsiderate
The ones where an unsuspecting, naive newbie asks a “stupid” question and other posters descend on them like a pack of wolves tearing in for the kill.
It’s not the stupid questions that spark a piranha feeding frenzy; it’s the arrogant+entitled ones.
Yep. Another poster can ask the same “stupid” question in a sincere way, react well, and get a lot of support.
“I’m the president of 5 clubs and the captain of 5 varsity sports teams, and I have 10,000 volunteer hours, a job, and I won INTEL and USAMO all 4 years, are my ECs good enough?”
Chance me posts are always annoying, but mostly it’s because of the replies. Kids will go on there and say things like “you’ll never get into harvard with a 2390 and a 3.9” or they’ll compare themselves to the OP and say how much better they are.
@thumper
It appears to be a busy two-way highway. There’s another one who’s about to fly from Down-Under to the US on a family trip, and parents want to use the opportunity to complain in person at the FA office that they need more money. Go for it.
The onslaught of new posts by seniors who have slacked off this last semester who are now worried about their acceptances or scholarships being rescinded.
The onslaught of new posts by seniors who think that the definition of slacking off is being on track to receive a B+ this semester.
Students who list the ECs they are involved in this year and which come to more than 24 hr/day.
The posts I find extremely frustrating are the multiple threads by one poster fishing for different responses about the same topic. Worse are the ones who chastise us for referring to information they gave us in the other threads or change the information when they’re questioned for clarity. “Well, when I said $40k/year was ‘unaffordable,’ I didn’t really mean my parents couldn’t pay it.” Apparently, it just requires a PLUS loan for them to do it. I’d like to know how they define “unaffordable.”
Much like when my kids were little and I’d watch kids at the playground have tantrums or misbehave big time and I’d think - note to self- make sure DDs don’t become the bullies of the playground, I’m reading through these annoying threads both for the entertainment and also to make sure I’m not teaching my kids to be so entitled and unable to think for themselves that they sound like some of those posters. Not much time left to still influence them but hoping I’ve done a pretty good job so far…
Getting guidance from others (like on CC) is fine but some of these kids seem to be unable to make a single move or decision without input from thousands of strangers…
Haha, I’ve never posted in this thread before but am feeling driven to by the obnoxious kid who can’t comprehend why any parent would want their precious little darling to learn the value of work.
Please tell me the grammar/spelling that you used in that post asking which of two HYPS schools you should attend was the result of rushed post typed on a small phone keyboard.
All of my posts are rushed and on a small phone keyboard. I don’t understand why people make so many errors.
What gets me is how some people feel it necessary to be snarky instead of simply disagreeing with what someone has said. If my kid did that, I’d chastise him.
The threads where a new, know-it-all poster blasts on the scene and says the same thing over and over and over in multiple threads. We can read. And we aren’t as dumb or clueless as you think.
@MADad – I don’t think this is representational of instant gratification or of a generation. I was miserable and did not fit in the first week at my first college (back in dinosaurs roamed days), and though I muddled through for two years, I always knew that I did not fit in. I was thrilled to get out of there. My D 15 years ago felt the same way.
Some times, you just know.
Must have been a firestorm on here. I got 5 notifications about posts on this thread and they were all gone when I checked. :-?