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re: New Orleans student accepted to 125 schools, receives $9M in scholarship offers
Posted on 4/25/23 at 11:06 pm to Lakeboy7
Posted on 4/25/23 at 11:06 pm to Lakeboy7
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Get your education young man and do what everyone else does that gets credentialed, get the frick out of Louisiana and never come back.
You know he’s probably not reading your post
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Posted on 4/26/23 at 5:59 am to TideCPA
quote:. Genuinely a serious question…
Good to see someone furthering themselves with education, but I've found people who mass apply to colleges so they can accumulate the total scholarship offers into a big number to make it look impressive are generally incredibly vain.
How many people do you know who have done this?
Posted on 4/26/23 at 7:16 am to HenryParsons
His uncle Nicky Barnes made more money
Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:49 pm to greygoose
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Yep. We just did a college tour a few weeks ago, and that was explained. Outside of Ivy League schools, I'm certain my kid would be accepted by any university that she applied to. She's almost ran out of AP classes to take. Next year, she's taking AP Chemistry and AP Physics and I forget what the other AP classes she taking, and have already taken. She just took the ACT a couple of weeks ago and said it was easy. Looking very forward to seeing that first score.
The elite colleges have more super high achievers than they have slots, and the high achievers all apply to 10 or more colleges. The elite programs are looking for something interesting in addition to high achievement. They want in interesting campus community, in addition to high achievement.
Good luck. I’ve been going through the college application process for six years with my kids. It’s a demoralizing and brutal process for the kids.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:52 pm to TBoy
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The elite colleges have more super high achievers than they have slots, and the high achievers all apply to 10 or more colleges.
so it's basically turned into travel ball for college apps, a 4.0 grading scale is now off the charts, AP this, AP that, that's the new participation award
Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:55 pm to greygoose
quote:must be your first kid headed to college
Outside of Ivy League schools, I'm certain my kid would be accepted by any university that she applied to. She's almost ran out of AP classes to take. Next year, she's taking AP Chemistry and AP Physics and I forget what the other AP classes she taking, and have already taken. She
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:02 pm to TBoy
quote:Yeah, that's why I said that outside of the Ivy Schools. She's not into all the BS they are looking for. Plus, outside of her gender, she doesn't check enough boxes.
The elite colleges have more super high achievers than they have slots, and the high achievers all apply to 10 or more colleges. The elite programs are looking for something interesting in addition to high achievement. They want in interesting campus community, in addition to high achievement.
Good luck. I’ve been going through the college application process for six years with my kids. It’s a demoralizing and brutal process for the kids.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:07 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:She 's an only child, so yeah.
must be your first kid headed to college
Let me put it this way, on top of all the AP and Honors classes, she has gotten 5 perfect scores on her essays this year in AP English......no one at her school has ever done that. Trust me when I say, she will get into wherever she applies, the only question is how much scholarship money is going to be offered.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:23 pm to 777Tiger
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so it's basically turned into travel ball for college apps, a 4.0 grading scale is now off the charts, AP this, AP that, that's the new participation award
Far from a "participation award". They get college credit for taking and passing those classes. AP classes are no joke, and a LOT harder than the basic shite required to graduate HS.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:54 pm to greygoose
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Trust me when I say, she will get into wherever she applies, the only question is how much scholarship money is going to be offered.
Good luck with it.
My oldest had a 36 ACT, every AP class offered, and had got nothing below an A since kindergarten. She didn't get into her top choice college and was admitted with no aid or scholarships to her second choice. She got into a dozen others and found a great place for herself out of state with a significant award. It all worked out.
My youngest is graduating high school this year and through duel enrollment she has 60 hours of college credit in addition to her high school. She actually got into one of her top choice colleges (on the west coast) after having been initially waitlisted, but the offer came very late, like about a week ago, with a significant award as well. She enrolled and we paid the deposit the other day.
But as you will certainly experience, the process is hell on the kids.
You might do well to hire a college application advisor for your child. I know a really good one.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:01 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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This is stupid. Criminal justice?
Maybe not. Assuming the kid breezes through his undergraduate, a masters could lead to big payouts in cybersecurity.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:07 pm to HenryParsons
So how much has he spent on application fees and extra schools to share ACT or SAT scores……..
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:24 pm to greygoose
quote:Trust me when I say, both of you will be highly disappointed when you find out this isn't true (provided she isn't only applying to sub-par universities).
Let me put it this way, on top of all the AP and Honors classes, she has gotten 5 perfect scores on her essays this year in AP English......no one at her school has ever done that. Trust me when I say, she will get into wherever she applies
Let's take Stanford, MIT or Princeton as examples. There's a table-stakes level of qualifications any actual contender for acceptance must possess. IF she possesses those (and she very well MIGHT NOT), then she's basically put into a 1 in 20 lottery. That is to say, even the very cream of the crop is a crapshoot at the top spots.
I'm not saying this to diminish your daughter. I'm just trying to orient your expectations to something more realistic.
(Note: most of what I said can be disregarded is she is black)
Posted on 4/27/23 at 7:46 pm to TBoy
quote:The admission board probably looked at her dad's(?) post here, threw up in a bucket, took a shot of testosterone, then stamped DENIED.
My oldest had a 36 ACT, every AP class offered, and had got nothing below an A since kindergarten. She didn't get into her top choice college and was admitted with no aid or scholarships to her second choice. She got into a dozen others and found a great place for herself out of state with a significant award. It all worked out.
On a side note, my buddy has a girl in her first year of college. No where near the resume my child has, got a 32 on the ACT, and is in a private school that is highly acclaimed and with a half tuition academic scholarship. $25K/year
This post was edited on 4/27/23 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:04 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:Dude, we aren't aiming for those schools! The school that graduated the CEO of Apple will do fine.
Let's take Stanford, MIT or Princeton as examples.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:10 pm to LEASTBAY
Its like all these colleges are given goberment funds to let some black kid go to their college for free. No wonder why most keep lowering the admissions for them. Gotta get that free goberment money.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:33 pm to BlueRunner
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BlueRunner
Your State has a Hope lottery scholarship. Grade inflation made them up the standard. Teachers were giving out good grades like pediatricians give out lollipops to their patients. A basic HS diploma isn't worth the paper it's written on. GPA doesn't mean shite. ACT/SAT and higher level classes are a much better way on evaluating aptitude. Unfortunately, people like David Hogg get Harvard acceptance over a certifiable prodigy. That's the world we live in.Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:49 pm to Big Scrub TX
yeah, i have no doubt she'll get into a great school, but the "she'll get in anywhere she applies" is setting up for massive disappointment.
Little schools like LSU and Alabama have plenty of kids with elite credentials for a reason.
eta: this is all under the assumption that she is white (or asian).
Little schools like LSU and Alabama have plenty of kids with elite credentials for a reason.
eta: this is all under the assumption that she is white (or asian).
This post was edited on 4/27/23 at 8:52 pm
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:51 pm to dallastigers
Couldn't a minority student accepted to an Ivy League school do this and get a 90%+ acceptance rate?
Posted on 4/27/23 at 8:56 pm to greygoose
quote:A chinese company buying a USA high school for 1.2 billion dollars should tell you all you need to know about our education system in the US.
That's the world we live in.
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