And before anyone who is tightly wound waiting for acceptances panics–it’s satire.
Ha!! Very funny! I didn’t see your last sentence stating it was a satire and didn’t catch on until I read he was saving a family of 5 from a burning building, and I thought, wait a minute…
I think there are many kids (and parents) on CC who should read this and relax a bit…
That was cute!
Too funny. Just posted it to a teacher’s site I frequent where a debate is currently raging about whether and when families should be allowed to pull their kids from school for family vacations.
Too funny. Reminds me of my oldest’s comment during the college app process - “I am sick of hearing about all these kids who claim to have cured whale cancer”
It says in the first sentence that he was waitlisted at one of them.
I’m sure that was the ONLY inconsistency or inaccuracy in the entire piece.
B-) B-) B-)
Now waiting for someone to point out that the story is impossible because RD results aren’t out yet.
I love it!! Thanks for the laugh, @SlitheyTove.
I LOVE IT!! However, that he is only second chair for the NY Philharmonic might have played into is rejections. You would imagine an ivy qualified student to play first chair and at least two instruments at once.
As long as his back-up plan as an Abercrombie employee is as one of the shirtless greeters not some lame-o cashier, I think he can still eek out a worthwhile future. Good luck, Brian!
I have always told my kids that I am still waiting for my parents to take me out of school for a vacation. Never happened for me and won’t with my kids. I know other people have different views.
The really sad part of this article is the comment section where people seem unable to understand satire.
LAUGH OUT LOUD! I love it!!!
Thanks for posting.
And I pulled my kids out of elementary school to go to Disney! Oh well…LOL
My parents felt the same way but there were a couple of years we started school after the first day due to vacation. 
Ivy admissions are hardly about dotting i’s and crossing t’s but are holistic. I get that this is a joke, but it misses the mark because it doesn’t accurately reflect the satire’s subject. More Ivy bashing, however subtle, based on misconceptions.
It’s not Ivy-bashing; it’s bashing those students and their families who would really believe that missing a week of school for a vacation would be a deal-breaker for college admission.
True story: I once spent over 1k more for overseas flights because my daughter refused to miss a day of high school. so we could fly back on a Sunday, instead of Monday…
Why, yes, I do still occasionally remind her of it, :).
Never again.
I am eager to see what posts will be on CC on April 1st, and not because of April Fool’s. Will it be lots of “why didn’t I get in?” sob stories, or “I can’t believe it got in!” celebrations? I am also dreading March 31, because that is the day my own kid hears from the other ten colleges she applied to. Hopefully she will be happy with the ones she gets into, and not depressed about the ones she doesn’t.