<p>some schools ask for status of parents... does having divorced parents actually help?</p>
<p>50% of all marriages end in divorce. It's not like this is rare.</p>
<p>And I don't think it asks for the parents' marital status. Just what they do.</p>
<p>haha no, I know.
common app does though.
just trying to see if some good could come from a bad thing. lol</p>
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<p>Actually, it's about 35%. :D</p>
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<p>Two birthday presents? Maybe. But help on college application? Doubt it.</p>
<p>Yea, I've seen studies that show due to the news laws the divorce rates are going down :-)</p>
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<p>It's not due to laws. If anything, no-fault divorce makes divorce more likely.</p>
<p>i heard of somebody whose parents got divorced several years before he applied to college so it would look like that he was living on a very low income, while in fact the parents were still living together (everything was actually fine)... upper middle class. Then they remarried after he got into college.</p>
<p>thats pretty funny
whos actually desperate enough to do that
not that its a big change but getting divorced and then remarrying lol
sets the stage and easy excuse for some cheating i'd say ;p</p>
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<p>Because you have to be separated to cheat?</p>
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<p>Sounds like an urban legend. If they were living together, wouldn't their tax returns show the same address? Don't finaid offices want info from both parents, even if divorced, anyway?</p>
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<p>yeah, exactly.</p>
<p>I think the Columbia app did ask about parents' marital status. No idea why this, or a number of other questions about parents, are relevant in college admissions.</p>
<p>yeah maybe you guys are right. i heard about this from my friend, so credibility is in question. but she said that his parents had two different addresses (bought another house or either had it all along or whatever). i don't even know if he applied for finaid.</p>
<p>Doesn't it make you wonder why these schools ask so much info about parents-esp when the STUDENT is applying to attend the college? It makes me wonder if these institutions are really "need-blind" as they say they are when making admissions decisions esp when they can see the occupations/marital status/ level of education of parents on the same form as student's info. Need-blind?!?</p>
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Doesn't it make you wonder why these schools ask so much info about parents-esp when the STUDENT is applying to attend the college? It makes me wonder if these institutions are really "need-blind" as they say they are when making admissions decisions esp when they can see the occupations/marital status/ level of education of parents on the same form as student's info. Need-blind?!?
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<p>Cut the proletariat crap out.</p>
<p>Um, you've got it backwards. Columbia asks about all this stuff because they want socioeconomic diversity and kids that have overcome obstacles. You'll get an edge if you're the first person in your family to go to college, etc.</p>