What is one thing you were sure about but not anymore?
Have you guys ever thought about that question? I know the interviews are over and everything, but just in general, I’m curious about your opinions.
xoxo,
kxmkxm
lol, I saw this question on the an application, but I didn’t choose it. If I had to answer it though, it would definitely be on how now I often think about if our world is actually a simulation (simulation theory), compared to how I thought about it when I was really young…
I did something about an ethics problem and how I would have answered it now vs when I was young
@willmo I actually like the simulation thing. That could be pretty funny and stand out if written well.
I was sure I knew our kid, inside and out. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
In HS, I thought I knew everything. I was wrong.
I thought I would be young forever. I was wrong.
(I was wrong about something political, too, but won’t go there.)
Sorry, that’s four things. But I have a lot more…
I really needed this thread back when I was still working on my applications! It took me ~3 days to come up with a reasonable answer.
I thought life was fair.
I thought if we tried our best to do everything “right” raising our kids, they would turn out fine.
I thought it would always be easy to lose weight.
I thought it would be hard to stay married to the same person.
I was wrong on all these counts.
I thought investing in the Stock Market (GAME !) was easy. But that was last year! This year, I was thoughtful with my imaginary $100,000, and I have gotten a great return (above 90th %ile, I must add [SSAT!]).
This goes to show that a second try is always a good idea, especially if you are passionate about the possible result. Last year I learned the ropes, and this time I’m out to win. Will this be me next year? Or did I do well enough this year?
I guess I’m wondering this year: Were my choices thought out well enough? What could I have done better?
I will find out I guess! [Fingers crossed!]
@FunintheSun1211 haha, looking back on it I wish I had written about that instead…
andover app…
That my kids would always attend their LPS
@willmo have you watched the truman show? it’s a movie about a reality show that simulates life for one person and he doesn’t know.
I was once very sure that I would get accepted by at least one school.
Not anymore
that love, life and BS & college admissions is fair
@snapchat yes!
@snapchat, I’ve watched that too!
After getting our 1040, how I’m going to pay for year 2 of BS
@kxmkxm Ah, this is one of the questions for…Andover, I think? Most of the application process is blurring together in my mind (besides the interviews)-not sure if that’s a sign that I’m losing my mind or if my memory sucks.
It was one of the questions I briefly debated on answering, but then decided not to. But if I had answered that question, I probably would have wrote it about my home (it sounds border-line cheesy, which is why I didn’t do it, but…still sounds fun to write).
The answer is obviously something that shows you are curious and open and willing to test assumptions and long held beliefs just because they are long held beliefs. They want students with intellectual vitality and those who have an appetite for new experiences and learning from others, and quintessential explorers.
As a parent, I would say, that ivies are a stamp of approval, an impramtur of success, and sine qua non for “the best.” None of those are true. I’ve said it before and I will again, that at the Golden Gate, no one is going to ask me what college I went to and whether it was an ivy. The questions will be very different.
truman show’s great. it really makes me think that we could be living in our own ‘show’. also, because i have nothing to do i just watched the wolf of wall street. is it age appropriate, of course not, but it gives an insight to how white collar crime does sometimes fare off better than the middle class, even if you do have to serve a measly sentence of 3-4 years