Do the BSs talk to each other about applicants and potential good candidates?

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<p>Yea whatever. But Barack would have been accepted in a heartbeat. What does that have to with anything? I don’t see any posts implying that you can’t (or won’t) be successful without going to BS. </p>

<p>You seem to be the one with reading comprehension issues. This thread is asking if BS talk to each other. It’s not asking how many ways can Pulsar insult others and belittle their excitment about the opportunities that lie before them.</p>

<p>Aren’t you an adult? Why would you ever say such things to a child. There is never an excuse for this type of behavior. The fact that you have no tolerance for hcos’ English is EXACTLY the type of “personality” that these schools are looking to avoid. </p>

<p>At this point it is clear you are ■■■■■■■■. There was never any debate in the first place.</p>

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<p>that really funny cause i just took a practice English lit SAT II and got a 750.</p>

<p>and its an internet forum, do you really think i care about my english on an internet forum </p>

<p>good day</p>

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<p>grotonalum, Sorry to see you missed the debate. Don’t try to get off-topic by bringing in insulting people where there is none. The debate is whether URM, Legacy help one in admissions. Exie says no. I beg to disagree. Let us know if you have something to add to this debate. You have been quiet for a while after your earlier post. Don’t call people ■■■■■■ if you can’t debate or run out of options.</p>

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<p>I like all the ruckus on this…first the assertion that Pulsar’s “willingness to argue with adcoms and parents” etc on CC, making her kid a poor chance for admission is kinda funny. yes, I’ve followed all the reasons…the so-called over-excited, entitled parents etc. But hey wait, isn’t spirited debate exactly what the boarding schools pride themselves in??? It’s not an argument so much as it is a debate backed by supposition, evidence (if any),postulating, interpretation and analysis of data, putting forth a good effort at a persuasive passionate stance… I would suggest just the opposite, that her and her kin are perfect contenders at tier 1 BSs. Listen, we all know that URM and Legacy are hooks for both college and BS’s, no question. In that case of the quads and Yale, the article clearly leads one to think that only one maybe two of the fraternal sibs were WELL qualified and the other two got in because it’s salacious stuff. I do agree I don’t think it was so much about their race or them being minorities as it was quadruplets and the fact that the parents are ordinary folk. I think Yale and other top schools do that kind of thing for notoriety and publicity. Aside from accepting students based on URM or legacy, we all know these top schools seek attention. I would put this acceptance of at least a couple kids from that family who probably were underqualified in that bucket. HYPS have been known to do that kind of thing, as well as at least by lore to accepts kids who are underqualified “on a dare,” to shake things up and keep it fresh and fun for themselves on the adcom. Remember Legally Blonde? Art imitates life…that’s why it was so humorous when Elle’s videotape shows a blonde bombshell in a bikini trying to get into Harvard Law. Yes, she was well qualified by the numbers (LSAT) but how many of those talking heads (adcom) really thought she could succeed. HYPS does stuff like that at least by legend. The quadruplets is another good example of this.</p>

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<p>Exie says her radar can spot troublesome parents from a mile. What she and many other adcoms like her don’t understand is that the parents are not applying to the schools, the kids are. You can’t punish the kids just because you don’t like their parents or grandparents. It looks like adcoms love to punish the innocent, on top of it brag about it in public forums. :)</p>

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<p>Apparently the adcoms can and they do punish kids if they don’t like the parents. I think they are stuck on themselves and my sense is that they are afraid of parents. They hide behind the idea that kids have to be the aggressors when it comes to pursuing their education at this tender age. The Adcoms need a few good developmental psychologists on their teams…developmentally most kids are not there yet at age 13, albeit there may be some. But they use this as an excuse not to have to deal with parents’ expectations…another one of those dirty little secrets I think. The Adcoms are afraid of parents, so they make up excuses and assert that parents who care too much must be crazy. Any professionals dealing with kids know that parents are a big part of their lives. Anna Freud said every child belongs to a family…yet the BSs want to pretend they are self sufficient, just so they don’t need to deal with them.</p>

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<p>Adcoms seem to me to be sales people. They are selling the school to the prospective parents at $50K a pop per year. This is not a small business transaction. Needless to say they don’t want someone to look closely behind their walls and create a bad press, as any bad press would hurt a business. Now I see why they would want the so called “troublesome” parents out, even though the parents are trying to do the right thing for their children’s education. I hope the adcoms at these schools are reading these forums. Fixing a problem starts with admitting that a problem exists in the first place. Covering up problems, if they exist, won’t do anyone any good. Education is a collective effort of students, teachers, and parents. Excluding parents from this team effort can only be counterproductive.</p>

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<p>as Exie, as always very wisely said, can we move on?? There’s no conspiracy. They may punish a kid if their parents are very rude as they think that the child may have been raised in a similar way and would react in a similar manner. However it is the child being evaluated and not the parent. I’m sorry ppl but the parents should not think that they’re “overcaring” that is not why your child/you were rejected. Maybe this year you just didn’t fit into the pool of applicants. I’m sorry but it is ridiculous to believe that there would not hav been a singe whistleblower during the almost 235 year history of US boarding schools. There is no huge cover-up, stop being bitter and be grateful if you were adm</p>

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<p>Deerfieldswede: This is part of what we are discussing. This is an example of money buying admissions at BS. If Deerfield admitted you with this type of English, sorry to tell you my local public school kids can do better than this. Being Swedish is no excuse for misspelling these basic words. Good luck on your term papers! I know you are not an expert on US BS and their history as you haven’t gone to one yet. Welcome to America!</p>

<p>hav = have, singe = single, parctically = practically, misarable = miserable.</p>

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Maybe this year you just didn’t fit into the pool of applicants. I’m sorry but it is ridiculous to believe that there would not hav been a singe whistleblower during the almost 235 year history of US boarding schools. There is no huge cover-up, stop being bitter and be grateful if you were adm</p>

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<p>Regardless of whether or not these theories are correct I think we can all agree that Pulsar has made more than a few unecessarily inflammatory posts (mostly about poster’s grammar/spelling). There is simply no need for more of that on this forum or any for that matter. Furthermore I wish to question how much authority Pulsar really has on the matter. Exie has stated that “you [Pulsar] didn’t apply to BS this year and are thinking about applying next year. That speaks volumes”. If this is true then I must ask, how much do you really know about the application process or the schools in question?</p>

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<p>Not a whole lot as you can see from these discussions. :smiley: I love lax, watching mostly, I mean. There is more to life than lax though!</p>

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<p>Well, I only noticed the spelling that jumped at me. Didn’t have time to check grammar, syntax, and diction etc. :(</p>

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<p>Pulsar shakes things up. I think it’s always good to question the status quo, such as the “good fit” assertion etc. The revolutionists questioned taxes, they just didn’t go along with it, because it’s what the British wanted. However, I’ve been known to make a typo or two, and that’s all Swede did. I appreciate Swede’s comments typos and all and Pulsar’s critical thinking.</p>

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<p>To Pulsar:</p>

<p>Are you kidding me, do you seriously believe that I proofread what I write on an internet forum?? You seriously don’t think that I wouldn’t spell check and proofread an essay before I turn it in, Jesus.</p>

<p>U may be the most bitter person that I’ve ever seen writing, and for that matter. I hardly believe that u are nowhere near as fluent as I’m in THREE languages (Swedish,English and French) u may go on and write about my small typos, but really they are on an internet forum, discussing boarding schools. As mentioned before you seem to have no experience whatsoever in this matter. Whereas I completed the application process and was admitted to three top boarding schools.</p>

<p>Your posts are both rude and offensive. My parents did not donate one cent in order to help my chances of admission. So what I’m full pay. Do you suggest that I should apply for FA, something I would not qualify for and something that I do not need? Your thinking is clearly not logical. Furthermore dig up one case from a reputable source where your theories are proved correct. Do you in all seriousness suggest, that of all the adcoms through the centuries of boarding school existence, no one, not a single person would have gone to the media and said: “this is how we do it”. </p>

<p>I’m above going personal but I do find it strange that u have enough time to look through ppl’s posts for grammatical errors. Furhtermore you posts suggest that I’m a rich jerk who were not admitted becuase of my own accomplishments but rather because I can pay for boarding school. You clearly have no insight whatsoever in how admissions commitees work. I do not either but your conspiracy theories are just nuts.Plenty of full pay and legacy students are rejected every year, look up your facts first. In fact at Deerfield, I think that only 35% of all kids are on FA.</p>

<p>Also before I begin a project, I always, always study the background. Do you suggest that I should begin an admssions process when I know absolutely nothing about the schools, backgrounds, traditions, academics etc.</p>

<p>And you have never, heard about politeness. Your posts clearly lack it, but I’m forced to believe that you had atleast heard of it. Do you think that an interviewer would tell a kid, screw u, there is no place for you here. That is simply ridiculous to even imply. General politeness is something that I suggest that you explore before you go of to BS (if you are admitted) it will truly help you.</p>

<p>You are silly to suggest, that schools would not admit a child because the parent is to nosy in their business. Grow up!</p>

<p>And yes I bet that your local high school kids can write more synonyms and know words that I’ve not even heard of. But I’m fairly certain to say that my knowledge in the English language is far more developed than your knowledge in any real language other than English.</p>

<p>I’m having a hard time restarining myself from insulting you in all the manners that i think possible but I won’t since it will serve no purpose other than me spending even more time on you and maybe even being banned from the forum.</p>

<p>Thank you, I appreciate all the encouragement that I can get! Also I’m sorry but I’ve travelled to many more countries other then Sweden and many other continents then Europe and in the last four years I’ve been to the States no less then FIVE times. I also have many relatives living there. If I may, how many times where you in Europe during this period? And please, I know that you are not nearly as well-read on US boarding schools as I’m. Not nearly an expert I’m CERTAIN that I know more about this than you do.</p>

<p>Also in my previous post you forgot to point out that I accidently wrote decide like this: de`cide. </p>

<p>Please feel free to gorge yourself in my grammtical errors I do not care if I misspell here and I think that most ppl do not care either. I could not care less about ppl like you but I do believe that other ppl have to stand up to ppl like you and not give you to much room to maneuver. Also may I point out that you have an interesting idea of how to spend a Saturday evening, pointing out grammtical errors on a forum. To defend myself in Sweden the time was 2:44 AM when I wrote this so do not try to “counterattck”. I think that there may be alot of lower case is where they should’ve capital Is.Enjoy.</p>

<p>I may be privilege, I’m not going to hide thatd but I also live an rich life, I have many friends I’m happy, I succeed academically and I do not spend my weekend evening/nights on an internet forum pointing out tiny typos. I hope that this will give you a new perspective, although my hopes are to be honest, not that high.</p>

<p>I regret that I spent this much time on you, but I felt that it just had to be done.</p>

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<p>Look who is bitter now… But you still have a lot of typos, if you want to call them that. Good luck with your travels… however, they won’t teach you better English. You can learn a lot of life lessons working on a farm than touring the continents with your mom and dad’s money.</p>

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<p>DeerfieldSwede</p>

<p>Hold your head up high. You’re dealing with a bunch of “wannabe’s” who likely are not now or will never go to BS. So they come here and beat up on those who do.</p>

<p>Find your niche, have fun on your BS journey. Just realize those here attacking you do it for sport because, frankly, that’s all they have in their lives now and in the foreseeable future.</p>

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<p>Great advice, as usual.</p>

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<p>Thank u Exie wise as always :slight_smile: I truly appreciate your posts, they are always worth reading :slight_smile: But sometimes I lash back at being called the rich-kid…</p>

<p>As for you pulsar I can only wish u good luck, ur gonna need it, I will not spend time on these petty things. You do not provoke me anymore and I should not have let you in the 1st place because I believe that as sad as it may sound it’s the only thing right now that for some reason makes you happy. My financial condition does not affect you and you have no reason to make comment it. No my travels to some countries may not teach me better English but BS certainly will. If you care to elaborate on the farm statement please do but this is the last time that I will spend any time on you and you viscious and unitellectual posts. BB best of luck.</p>

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<p>i have come to the conclusion that pulsar is a ■■■■■</p>

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<p>BTW, the wannabe is now a “hasstudentattopBS.” I guess I will have to change my handle.</p>