In post #77
You were countering some of the points in Blossom’s post #74.
You missed the point. Those polled kids who missed their dream schools? If Blossom’s kid had not gotten into MIT, he might have given the same answer. Read what you wrote again in #77. Don’t you see how preposterous the answers are? Do you think those who got into the dream school never slacked? Do you think that “slacking” was the only reason those who missed the dream school admit got rejected? You don’t even SEE the irony that the answers depended on the randomness of a coin flip? But now you’ve developed a worldview because of those answers. Confirmation bias much?
But IN HINDSIGHT, Blossom’s son is absolutely convinced that:
I’m in the same boat. I got lucky and got into every school applied. If I hadn’t been admitted to my eventual college, I’m 100% positive that I would have loved EVERY single one of the schools that admitted me. @raclut (#97) and @mathmom 's(#98) stories are the same. What’s the value of a disgruntled 17 year old’s opinion vs the 24 year old or 48 year old? But armed with those rotten answers to your near-sighted question to the HS counselor – you’re determined to push your “no slacking or you fail” agenda to your kid, this 14 year old, and everyone else who’ll listen. Pfft.
But this is just whispering to a tornado. You won’t be happy until you find people who agree your worldview of colleges and “worthiness” – your previous long discussions have all flowed in the same direction. I wonder what you hope to gain by posting here. I haven’t read every reply of the ~100 but I haven’t seen anyone say “wow californiaa: you make a great point!”