For those who ever wondered if putting a Repubican/right-wing extracurricular was a good idea...don't

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

https://nypost.com/2024/10/18/media/college-admissions-officer-rails-against-trump-supporters-in-social-media-post-piece-of-s/

College admissions officer accuses Trump supporters of tolerating ‘rape,’ ‘homophobia’ in social post: ‘Piece of s–t’

While not every admission's officer is going to be from a background in the humanities, if you have a child doing a Republican/righ-wing internship, advocacy or leadership position, I would really think twice about putting that down as an EC. Too much to lose and probably very little to gain. Obviously this isn't for every school, but for SLAC's, the Boston schools, Emory, WashU, etc. it does apply.

If someone has these attitudes, why would they want to attend a "liberal" school in a "liberal" city and be around all of those other "liberals?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

https://nypost.com/2024/10/18/media/college-admissions-officer-rails-against-trump-supporters-in-social-media-post-piece-of-s/

College admissions officer accuses Trump supporters of tolerating ‘rape,’ ‘homophobia’ in social post: ‘Piece of s–t’

While not every admission's officer is going to be from a background in the humanities, if you have a child doing a Republican/righ-wing internship, advocacy or leadership position, I would really think twice about putting that down as an EC. Too much to lose and probably very little to gain. Obviously this isn't for every school, but for SLAC's, the Boston schools, Emory, WashU, etc. it does apply.

This is a perfectly valid reason to reject a kid.

It's also problematic for getting a job in the real world. For good reason.

+1

Kids should definitely include it as a test to see if a school is a good fit. They don’t like Republican a-holes? Probably not a good fit for Republican a-hole kid.

It isn't about being a republican or a conservative in the "normal" sense of the word. It is about being a deplorable person with deplorable attitudes, particularly about sex, women, minorities and single sex relationships.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. Being a reasonably smart right-winger is a hook. Ted Cruz, JD Vance, Josh Hawley, Elise Stefanik, Blake Masters, Tom Cotton, and many others all went to HYPS. The Federalist Society was founded by Harvard and Yale students. If that's not the establishment these days, I don't know what is. The Ivy League loves conservatives. It's like a protected class at elite schools.

Ya, they went to those schools when being a conservative was a relatively normal thing. The terms "conservative" has been hijacked. There is nothing conservative about the MAGA movement.