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<p>That’s not been in the case in my experience. Then there are the equal strong feelings of what constitutes a “top tier school.” Having no dog in the hunt, I must say I find those kinds of threads rather amusing.</p>
<p>TMS is “The Mountain School”, which is a private school in Vermont. Not only is it 22K a semester, the students work on the school’s organic farm. Again, this strikes me as hilarious so I must have an odd sense of humor when it comes to the “top tier” of schools and universities.</p>
<p>By the way I’ve decided to start TPMKS (The Pugmadkate School) and I will only be charging the very low price of 20K per semester during which I will make them help me in the yard. Get your applications in now!</p>
<p>“Not only is it 22K a semester, the students work on the school’s organic farm”
Wow!
Excuse me for saying so, but big whoop! Isn’t this akin to the expensive "volunteer to build a school or teach English in Costa Mesa to natives, with a few weeks of surfing thrown in " type of trips that only the rich can afford, and which most ad coms take with a huge grain of salt when evaluating applications?</p>
<p>"By the way I’ve decided to start TPMKS (The Pugmadkate School) and I will only be charging the very low price of 20K per semester during which I will make them help me in the yard. Get your applications in now! "
Good idea! too bad I’m not rich and my son is already in grad school, lol!. But I’m sure there are suckers, er, eager applicants looking for such an opportunity!</p>
<p>Almost as hilarious as posts #93 and #95 - hard to imagine that a one day trip to the Farm@Long Island could be so fruitful.</p>
<p>Silly to compare such meaningful experiences to my son’s essay about four years of Little League umpiring, although he did get accustomed to “dads behaving badly.”</p>
<p>5boys:
I think most people would agree these are top tier schools, even if two of them are LACs. It could be TMS attracts that kind of students for whatever reason, or it could be TMS’ selection process is so rigorous it only admits top students. </p>
<p>If a poster comes here to say her son attended a very good program, why is it ok for people to diss it? Would you say that to your friend in your living room?</p>
<p>TMS is a residential school, including room and board and all extra-curriculars.
TMS gives scholarships.
Yes, TMS is extremely selective, and very very rigorous academically.
Boo hoo…
This is like most of the colleges you all on CC aspire to attend. Where students do spend much time on things in addition to their academics (including partying)…
Organic farming may end up being one of the most important industries this country has in the long run.</p>
<p>I guess I am tired of the presumptuousness and support of reverse snobbism on this web-site. I do not expect to know about every school, experience, program mentioned here. When I read about schools my kids might not be qualified for or interested in, or that we cannot afford, I do not feel that gives me the right to attack the messenger. I just move on.</p>
<p>Grow up.</p>
<p>This is from their profile-
“College Matriculation
The seven colleges most frequently attended by Mountain School graduates in the last seven years are Middlebury, Yale, Brown, Princeton, Colorado, Oberlin, and Wesleyan.”
I dont see Harvard or Dartmouth listed .</p>
<p>If you read 5boys’ post, she said what she said was from the previous year’s website (probably when her son was applying to it). Frankly, most of us just kind of remember what we read, but we don’t necessary remember every single word. Maybe she replaced one school for another. Shoot her. I think most of us got the jest of what she was trying to say.</p>
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<p>Thank you Menloparkmom for my really good laugh of the day. I grew up in Orange County and don’t recall any natives needing English lessons in Costa Mesa! ;)</p>
<p>WOW!!! I think this post needs to end… I really didn’t mean to cause such a ruckus… I certainly didn’t intend for it to go this way. I was just wondering why my S had so many deferrals and was in no way worried about him not getting into HYP etc… The reason my S is at a private prep is because the public HS in our area is HORRIBLE!! I am not being snobbish, but we live in a not so great area.</p>
<p>My older boys all went to public schools… and they turned out fine… my oldest is working for Sony as a video game producer and the amount of money he makes at 28 is ridiculous… all from a STATE school… unbelievable I know… who would have thought. We moved since my older kids were in HS and decided it would be better for them to sacrifice and send the last 2 to private school… and sacrifice we do., no trips in forever and 10 year old cars with over 200 thousand miles… </p>
<p>I was under no illusion that a private prep would help my kids get into a top college, and I didn’t care, he has had an outstanding education, and that is something that no one can take away from him. My S loves CC, but he will be fine going to the OOS public he got admitted to if nothing else works out. He went to The Mountain school because he in intersted in organic farming and is going to major in ES… so it was something he is passionate about… NOT to get into HYP… and if he hadn’t gotten a scholarship he wouldn’t have gone… get it everyone!!! </p>
<p>THanks to all my peeps from parents 2012 for having my back… performersmom…couldn’t of said it better… </p>
<p>Calmom… my S has worked since he was 16… paid and volunteer, he will have no problem working in college… in fact, I’m sure he would choose to work even if he didn’t have to. He spent his entire past summer working on trails in the back country of Canada… hard back breaking work 12 hrs a day… with NO pay… so he is used to hard work and won’t be sad if he misses a day of skiing with the rich kids…</p>
<p>A semester at TMS sounds like a wonderful experience for a HS junior. Who cares what the subsequent college matriculation looks like? If the intention is to gain a leg up in admissions, I doubt that it makes all that much difference. As a parent, I would feel really foolish looking through TMS college acceptances thinking that it was going to give my child some sort of edge. There may be correlation between high achieving students and some of these programs, but not causation.</p>
<p>I did have to laugh at the college essay about a one day community service project, but hey, maybe it was a life changer for the kid.</p>
<p>"Costa Mesa! "</p>
<p>Ooops! you know that I meant Costa Rica, si?</p>
<p>“If a poster comes here to say her son attended a very good program, why is it ok for people to diss it? Would you say that to your friend in your living room?”</p>
<p>It would depend on whether the friend was a neighbor of mine or whether he/she was from a different trailer park.</p>
<p>“I guess I am tired of the presumptuousness and support of reverse snobbism on this web-site.”</p>
<p>Hey, we’re not only post-1776, we’re post-Gilligan’s Island. Snobbery goes downhill and uphill now.</p>
<p>“I don’t have a clue what TMS is either.”</p>
<p>I’ll save someone the effort: Enjoy your domestic bubbly tonight.</p>
<p>5boys - Best of luck to your son! It sounds like he will do great wherever he lands. </p>
<p>Ah, it’s just too bad this college app/acceptance stuff seems so mysterious, even for families that do a lot of research</p>
<p>We have moonshine. It don’t seem to bubble but it ain’t no bother at all?</p>
<p>Is that there moonshine made by graduates of the TMS branch campus outside of Amarillo?</p>
<p>I do not see much snobbery heading DOWNhill on this thread, or even this site. Just THINK what kind of reaction THAT would elicit, anyway- I can rely on you guys to send that off with over the top spite.</p>
<p>You know it is not funny to laugh AT someone you are conversing with. I do not know why you do not know that…</p>
<p>Shame on all of you for making fun of people, being snarky, being like high schoolers. It must somehow make you feel good. eeeew</p>
<p>I thought it was New year’s Eve- hard to tell on this thread.
Have fun at your little snark party!</p>
<p>Wow, there are some mean posts on this thread. </p>
<p>5boys - Good luck to your son in RD. He sounds like a great kid.</p>
<p>My oldest son’s essay was about a mountain bike ride…Of course he did learn to ride a two wheeler when he was 4, so lots of years under his belt for that topic.</p>
<p>ETA - performersmom, good post.</p>