<p>My mom found the site and passed it on to me. Now I spend more time here than she does :/</p>
<p>As far as I know, D (now a college sophomore) never came near CC; she was a sweetly tolerant eye-roller. S1 (h.s. junior) is moderately interested in the college search process, but prefers wandering through guide books and look books. </p>
<p>I think if S1 begins to visit, I'll have to change my CC name - it is nothing to do with my real name, but it's a reference he'd get instantly. I'd rather he not, though; I like his calm attitude about it all so far, and I think for some students does more to feed anxiety than to help.</p>
<p>My friends with same-age kids and I call it "collegecrack.com," for reasons most of you no doubt understand.</p>
<p>I can't claim to have earned a bronze helicopter :D, but I remember the old format. I was an occasional reader long before I joined, and a regular reader/new member for a very long time before I ever posted.</p>
<p>No, and that's okay with me. I don't want him posting his stats for evaluation by a HS student who doesn't know his chances any better than he does! ;) But like other parents, I do pass along what I've learned here.</p>
<p>My DD has never posted or read anything here--but like many others on this thread, has definitely benefitted from my obsession--I mean, my regular reading of various topics <grins sheepishly=""></grins></p>
<p>Rarely, early in the application process when looking for NMCutoffs. Not at all now as she waits.</p>
<p>Oh man! My mom is the one who calls it "that site"! Haha, shes glad that I have it though because I'm sorta on my own for all this. My parents are insanely supportive, but all the motivation and planning comes from me. I plan college visits, register for tests, and I have to force them to sit down and talk about college! </p>
<p>It works out good though.</p>
<p>Neither of my kids read here. The experience of seeing their excellent stats look so-so by comparison does nothing but discourage them. Where we live, they're are in rare company, but on this site they're chopped liver. I don't encourage them to read here, no point in feeling despodent over 2200-ish SAT scores. They also, honestly, just don't have the time. They're swamped with academic work and other committments.</p>
<p>I, like many others, learn things from time to time and pass on the information. I even had one 11th hour good catch about something missing from son's ED app because of reading here. Fortunately the adm. office graciously accepted it a little late.</p>
<p>I don't know though if it's useful anymore for me to spend time here now. I find that when I stay away life seems normal, and good. When I'm here it's all about anxiety and trying to read the entrails of admissions practices.</p>
<p>Nice parents here though, and I've read some really interesting personal stories of kids and families. Will have to absent myself soon, though, I suspect. Hopefully after Dec. 15th or so. :) One child is applying ED, the other opted not to. I think I've got the process down now though, and come here less as a student of the admissions game and more out of habit, something college app-related to do while waiting, etc.</p>
<p>'rentof2, <<when i'm="" here="" it's="" all="" about="" anxiety="" and="" trying="" to="" read="" the="" entrails="" of="" admissions="" practices.="">></when></p>
<p>That was excellent. I just snorted afternoon coffee all over myself. :D</p>
<p>My D already feels that her stats are low, I don't know if she ever posted here, am sure she looked around and that is why she thinks she doesn't have a prayer of getting into any college. I told her to apply to a couple of schools that were clear safetys and on rolling admission just to get her over the hump.</p>
<p>As far as I know, my S never looks at this or any other college web site. Nor did he look at any of the bushels of mail he's gotten from schools unless I thrust something under his nose.</p>
<p>One of my kids likes it because I make good friends, stay out of trouble, improve my vocabulary, and leave them alone.</p>
<p>I am another veteran of the "old" forum .. then lurked a little while before signing up for the "new" forum... in 2004! (See the thread-- 4 years later... for a list of many of the oldtimers) <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/420869-fours-later-where-they-now-3.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/420869-fours-later-where-they-now-3.html</a></p>
<p>But I digress.... My s's don't read cc, (though younger s posted a few times, a while back, to mess with me!), but they know that they have benefitted from things I have learned and people I have met here. One of older s's good friend at college is someone I "met" on cc after both were admitted to the college! I feel like a matchmaker, of sorts!</p>
<p>Who's the Harriet the Spy fan?</p>
<p>I'll chime in for what appears to be the majority: no, my kid doesn't read CC, although he has benefited from knowledge I've gleaned here. (I don't think the 10-year-old even knows CC exists.)</p>
<p>Hi, mathmom. :) </p>
<p>You win the, um, Golden Ole Golly?</p>
<p>I'm kind of embarrassed when my "eye-rolling" daughter walks by and I'm here!
But I actually think that I was able to convince her that she didn't have to worry too much about getting into her top choice school (to which she's been accepted!) as a result of what I learned from others here. So that was worth all the eye-rolling.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think she's way too busy on Facebook to come anywhere near CC.</p>
<p>My kid thinks I'm obsessed with this site. He never went on it, but when I showed him a couple of threads that I thought were relevant for him, he did read them (for example, a thread debating the merits of all-frosh dorms vs mixed-grade dorms, when he was filling out his form to chose housing).</p>
<p>I get great advice here for parenting teens. I feel like I'm not alone. And even though my daughter thinks I'm Emily Gilmore, it's nice to hear from other parents who don't thinks I'm quite so controlling or overbearing.</p>
<p>I strongly encouraged Astrogirl NOT to come to this site. She was already pushing herself WAY too hard as a h.s. senior and stressing about college apps---I told her about the caliber of many of the top students here, and she agreed that she didn't need to swing on by; she already had herself psyched out as it was. Besides, I recognized the addictive nature of CC, so I told her to learn from my downfall! I did, of course, feed her any useful morsel of info I got here, and she appreciated it (usually, when she wasn't eye-rolling!!) It was helpful to monitor when people started getting acceptances, or certain merit scholarship notifications, etc.....because I knew what to expect (so I'd stop being a basket case, even though I usually tried not to ruin any surprises for her). I'm still addicted, of course, and in a minor hiatus since D2 is a junior this year. I came here first around the PSAT results/NMF cutoffs with D1; quite curious to see what D2's scores will be, too. H is the one who gives me the most hard time about the amount of time I spend hanging around here!</p>
<p>No, my kids do not come here. They probably think I'm obsessed although they have listened when I read them something useful. Of course, they don't need to come here -- they have me. I think it's great that kids whose parents are less informed have this resource.</p>
<p>LOL. When I was in 7th grade a friend of mine and I patrolled our neighborhood with notebooks. :)</p>