I have to wonder if some of the parental “bragging” here on CC is done because people have no other place to do it. I most certainly don’t list out all my D’s accomplishments while chatting with the neighbors. I put her two most prestigous acceptances on Facebook, but not the nice outside scholarship she found out she won shortly before graduation because I thought people were sick of hearing about her accomplishments. (And seeing all the achievements of everyone else’s perfect SAT scoring kids does help provide some perspective of just how many great kids are out there that deserve to get into the top schools.)