Fellow parents, I have been rendered speechless. Below is great link to NY Times article, which was really about students oversharing in their essays in an era of desperation to get into a "good" college. But just as incredible, the author revealed that there is really a camp for helping high school students write their college essays and it costs 14K for just one week, not including transportation OR food. The camp should be shut down immediately. Or the students should all be turned down at every college to which they apply. Either the kids are getting a LOT of help for their 14K such that the essays are no longer theirs (dishonesty/honor code violations) OR the camp counselors do not help the kids much and their parents are getting ripped off royally. Read about it here in the NY Times, article by Frank Bruni.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/15/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-oversharing-in-admissions-essays.html?emc=eta1&_r=0
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