<p>Yes, IIRC that was the pronunciation of her SN. There was a thead way,way back when called something like" how do you pronounce your screenname". My facorite was mom of 2 in CA, who was often thought of as mom of 2 Inca :)</p>
<p>Here it is: another blast from the past <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/26898-posters-how-do-you-pronounce-your-user-name.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/26898-posters-how-do-you-pronounce-your-user-name.html</a></p>
<p>I always assumed it was Marit</p>
<p>It was borrowed from French, but the Spanish version could have been just as correct, as neither was her first name. Both have indeed an accent aigu at the end to avoid the rhyme with … Marmite. There are plenty of other variances such as Maite or Mayte. </p>
<p>FYI, the use of nicknames is created by the over abundance of Marie and Maria in the first names.</p>
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<p>I don’t get the censorship or the scolding. Gunkanjima wrote a nice post about a topic that is still relevant and discussed in many other threads. Not everyone has been on this site for years and years.</p>
<p>If people don’t like the fact that a thread is revived, why not ignore it and thus keep it from rising to the top of the “recent posts” list?</p>
<p>^^</p>
<p>Censorship and scolding provoked by a nice post? As always, it must be a matter of personal interpretation. </p>
<p>I reread the post once more, and except, for the congratulations I find not overly sincere, I do not see much else than openly questioning the entire contribution and motibvation of the OP, namely NewMassDad. </p>
<p>Everyone here is entitled to post an opinion, and also entitled to have that opinion challenged by others, which is seemingly what you do in response to my “scolding” of the poster. </p>
<p>Feel to disagree with me, but I strongly believe that when people make an efforts to dig deep in the arcane depths of this forum, they have to make a similar effort to understand the impact of time and changes. The issue is not about a thread being revived as much as it is about questioning the original poster without the appropriate context.</p>
<p>Plus, the original poster is no longer here. I am not in love with disagreeing with a poster who is no longer on this bb.</p>
<p>Just start a new thread if you have something to say…</p>
<p>I haven’t see TheDad post in a very long time.</p>
<p>I liked marite’s posts too. The bb was hurt when marite left.</p>
<p>xiggi, you are right that the post was not “nice”–that word was a remnant of a sloppy cut-and-paste job. </p>
<p>I do think CC seems cliquish at times, and this was one of them. Some of these recent comments reminded me of the way a group of grade girls might try to exclude others on the playground by saying they are having a “private conversation.”</p>
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<p>Xiggi, how different could college admission have been less than a decade ago? I’d guess HYPSM acceptances were maybe double current percentages, but otherwise? Please bring us newer additions up to speed.</p>
<p>If you get rejected from your top school, it will be painful and you will be sad. But keep your head up, no matter where you go, you will succeed. Yale Harvard and Princeton will probably all reject me, but I am excited where I will end up going and what my future brings. We all should be looking forward to the future. It will be great. You have already accomplished so much by even being a candidate I these top schools. :)</p>
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<p>I do agree that there could be a perception of cliques along the lines of classes in high school. On the other hand, I think it would be wrong to overlook how fluid those classes are on CC as parents from years past do try to help the next generations. However, there is not much one can do about the fact that some here came together in particular years. For instance, people might have come together in what was called the ED debacle at Yale in 2003-2004. It also happens to be the year of NewMassDad’s beginning of admissions’ adventures.</p>
<p>Oh well, I simply thought it was wrong to find faults in a post that was resting in peace. But others might read it differently than I did. </p>
<p>HTH</p>
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<p>LI, it is not that HYPSM admissions were that different in 2004. The comparisons and parallels between HYPSM and Chicago were, however, quite different. Take a look at the statistics from 2002 and it will be apparent. </p>
<p>Right or wrong, the persons immersed in the admissions cycles of HYPSM looked at Chicago through a different lens. The well reported self-selection process might or might not obscure the fact that the school was hardly the same top choice it is today after Chicago successful “recentering” of the data submitted to USNews, and the slow departure from the uncommon application.</p>
<p>Fwiw, I expect the above comment, if read, to create the usual stir among Chicago’s fans. With the possible exception of Berkeley, this is, after all, the school that has generated the most acrimonious discussions on CC. :)</p>
<p>Xiggi, from what I can find, UChicago was at a 40% acceptance rate in 2003; that’s pretty much solid safety school territory for a student in the top 10 of his class. Yes, that would change the nature of the original post.</p>
<p>Lorem, Chicago WAS a solid safety school for students who looked like Chicago types, i.e., intellectual, studious. Not every HYPS applicant was accepted, but you could be pretty confident that if you were a strong student who could write and do math, and whom teachers would use the i-word to describe, you were in.</p>
<p>About 3 years ago Forbes magazine had a list of the top 100 ceos in America.
The list had their names, ages,job title , salary (most made mininum of 10 milion/yr
The list included their age, hometown and College. I was sure that the college list would be mostly HPYC
WRONG ! I was shocked when I went through the list to find that the majority of schpols that these top CEO’s graduated from were small schools in the middle of nowhere , that Id never heard of !!!<br>
Before dropping out , Steve Jobbs went to REED college !
Am amazing place that is known for the extraordinary intellectual challange that it offers its students.<br>
Going to an IVY will not guarantee happiness or success.</p>