<p>I think if you read this whole thread you will find that the chancer is asking the same question over and over again and has already gotten the kind of measured "maybe" response that you so eloquently describe and that might be constructive. There is a particular degree of repetition here that suggests a need for something more definitive than even someone as well-meaning and on-the-spot as you apparently are can really give. It continues to seem to me that this particular thread, specifically, might therefore not be serving anyone's best interests. Certainly not intended as an attack on anyone but as an attempt to share some degree of perspective based on repeated experience.</p>
<p>Sorry, "attack" was probably the wrong word, I think I originally typed negative but then changed it, in any case you are right, my post was in defense of chances threads in general (atleast 2 people have asked in this thread alone) not any specific case as I tried to make clear by never mentioning a members name. In any case I still believe my post was relevant to posts 33, 34 and 35 as each of them 33: "most people" 34: ""chance me" threadS" and 35: "Davidson or similar schools" bring up the general case of chance threads.
Further my post was a direct response to post 39 which pointedly marks posts 33, 34 and 35 as adult commentery, this begs the question which posts are not adult commentery? We are only left to conclude that mattmom believes that college applicants seeking to be chanced are not adults. While yes I agree you are older and wiser in some regards, this was an unnecesarily harsh post aimed at COlsen who from what I have read has said nothing that should offend other posters and who as a potential applicant to Davidson it is our duty to support in whichever ways he needs us to. I'm not saying you shouldn't disagree with him, I'm just trying to convey that the college search process can be tough and emotionally intense and I find it unnecesary for 3 or 4 people to group up ostensibly in opposition to a future applicant. Clearly applicants want to know their chances, it seems simple enough then to just tell them and move on rather than debating the usefulness of the excercise every time it is asked.</p>
<p>Valid point, but the thing is that although present students at any college may see the classes admissions puts together, and may meet prospective student through tours and other events, they don't necessarily see the whole picture--that is, the competition that makes up the school's applicant pool overall. Nor do they see the actual application, the essays and recommendations. As a result, although you may be able to provide some insights, I still feel strongly that no one outside an admissions office can really judge a a prospective applicant's chances in any given year; there just is not a good way to know who else is out there and what other factors there may be. Basically this thread, like other chances threads, simply reflects divergent views of what it is kindest and most helpful to tell eager prospectives, but I do not believe that it will give any applicants an appreciably better idea of whether he or she will get in.</p>
<p>I don't think my responses on this (or any other) thread could be fairly characterized as an "attack" or "grouping up" [which I guess is pc for "ganging up"]. </p>
<p>I think we've all been most polite in our assessments as well as our honest appraisals of both the applicants' prospects as well as the efficacy of "chance" predictions. And I think the prospective applicant has also been the beneficiary of some simply good ol' fashioned wisdom that comes with adult age. And I know its been appreciated.</p>
<p>I do understand orangelights' point about the collateral value of the "chance me" process. The "chance me" request really seeks one part prediction, one part advice and one part validation. I appreciate the value of that. Perhaps it would be better called "advise me" than "chance me" since that's what's really being sought, or at least is the only thing that can be realistically offered.</p>
<p>Hey all, I'm about ready to move on. I have no hard feelings with anyone on here, simple differences of opinion are fine. If my words have offended you I'll just say I'm sorry and ask that you bear in mind that as this semester wraps up I'm under a lot of stress and might have needed a venue to vent.</p>
<p>Orangelights</p>
<p>I'm with you orangelights. Same goes for me. Good luck.</p>
<p>so do ya think ill get in? :)</p>
<p>You're a lock!</p>
<p>lol, so i decided im not applying to davidson...
...my bad</p>
<p>I hope it was something we said....</p>
<p>not at all!
It's cause they have like no majors...haha</p>
<p>Well COlsen you can design your own major at Davidson. But yeah if you want to major in business or something like that then you're kindof out of luck, but we still all can get banking jobs in Charlotte if we want them so even here you'll be fine.</p>
<p>I think COlsen made the right decision. Based on his decisional reasoning, DC wouldn't have been the right place for him which, as a result, would've probably meant he wouldn't have gotten in anyway.</p>
<p>I probably would have.
My ED school is now Dartmouth.</p>
<p>Suspect you're right, whit. The other DC is probly a good plan B in this case. That testosteronial bastion of vocational and general education in that Hanoverian bullseye of the New England hub of commerce. :confused: Good luck and breakaleg COlsen. Go Green! ;)</p>
<p>That was well stated! lmao.
Yet thats what I love about it <3</p>