<p>I agree, Jack. One of the things I like about the CC site is that the members discuss student records and acceptances, deferrals and rejections openly, which helps to make sense out of a very baffling process. </p>
<p>I like the fact that there are hundreds of students and parents who post their records unabashedly, including test scores, not in a manner of bragging, but to help all of us fit together the pieces of a fairly incomprehensible puzzle. It helps to try to understand what certain schools see as their "profile."</p>
<p>In my case, I included my son's stats to reassure Marcc that students with very high credentials get waitlisted -- and that he shouldn't take it personally, but enjoy the wonderful acceptance that he's earned at a very, very fine school, where it sounds like he will be most happy and sucessful.</p>
<p>I guess some young people are overly sensitive on the topic, which is odd since there are so many fabulous student resumes posted all over CC: they must be mad at a slew of people! But I can overlook the snipe. It took me years to learn to be gracious in the face of things that I find irritating, so I won't hold today's youth to a higher standard than I was able to meet myself.</p>