Does this really happen?

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<p>From a 9/25/09 NYT article abut the economy--- but what caught my eye is the phrase I've highlighted: "The talk this week at an annual gathering of college admissions officers and high school counselors included the usual topics, like how to deal with “difficult” parents and <em>the names of hot student prospects</em>. But the conversations — in panel discussions, in hallways and over crab cakes — always seemed to circle around to one subject: the economy."</p>

<p>really? what does your kid have to do, to get his or her name bandied about at this conference? :)</p>

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<p>Ewwwww. Sounds kind of creepy.</p>

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<p>I saw that article and had the same question. I concluded that “hot” meant being the offspring of famous and/or wealthy people–senators, big Hollywood names, industry founders. When Bill and Melinda Gates kids get to college age, I suspect they will be considered “hot prospects”, well before their transcripts and test scores get to the admissions offices.</p>

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<p>Perhaps what they mean is HS GCs touting their schools “hot” prospects to admissions officers. </p>

<p>I’d assume a college hot prospect would relate to high scoring URMs.</p>

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<p>I assumed it meant the favorites (development cases, urms, whatever) of the private school counselors that have the budget to attend such conferences… It is inconcievable to me that public schools in my state would have the funds to ship counselors off to hotshot conferences…</p>

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<p>The GC from my ds’s public HS went.</p>

<p>I didn’t think about the HS GC shopping his/her hot prospects around. So interesting.</p>

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<p>Wake up, people. Hot means physically attractive. Their job is to build the most diverse and attractive student body with the greatest potential to succeed.</p>

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<p>Darn. Ds won’t look good in a pink, spangly bikini a la Elle Woods.</p>