I'm a Coca-Cola Scholar AMA

[Anonymous]

MIT acceptance rate was 40% when I applied and was admitted. As a girl, it would have been higher too.

I mean, I'm a middle aged lady but .. let's be clear that times have changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume you're older and did not attend college recently. If so, your experience, while great for you, will provide zero insight into today's college scene. There is a reason that it is much harder to get into schools now. Harvard's acceptance rate when I applied to college was the same as UVA's now. What you listed in your post regarding activities is not really the "off the charts" amazing that is expected now for just good (not the best) schools. Do you think you'd even get into MIT now?

I don't know why you think OP wouldn't get accepted to MIT. You would be surprised how many "normal" kids are accepted to these schools.

The problem is the kids that get the press fall into the rarefied group where their chances of acceptance were actually like 90%...not 5%. Those are the kids that admissions accepts upon a 15-minute review...they never traverse into the "maybe" category.

They get all the press attention which then skews the perception for everyone.

This person wasn’t accepted to MIT. I am guessing it’s more likely than not OP wouldn’t be accepted now either based on the original post.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a question OP: why in the world do you think any of us cares?

That is mean spirited

OP I am interested!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a question OP: why in the world do you think any of us cares?

That is mean spirited

OP I am interested!

OP you sound like you and your friend were astonishingly self- Motivated. Bravo!

[Anonymous]

Are you allowed to drink Pepsi?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIT acceptance rate was 40% when I applied and was admitted. As a girl, it would have been higher too.

I mean, I'm a middle aged lady but .. let's be clear that times have changed.

Now compare how many more applicants there are year after year. That's what has changed. People didn't used to apply to 25 schools. The application process has changed, the people haven't changed, but there are more of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT acceptance rate was 40% when I applied and was admitted. As a girl, it would have been higher too.

I mean, I'm a middle aged lady but .. let's be clear that times have changed.

Now compare how many more applicants there are year after year. That's what has changed. People didn't used to apply to 25 schools. The application process has changed, the people haven't changed, but there are more of them.

It’s more than that. More applicants which results in more qualified applicants applying which results in more applicants than available seats. Add to that the insane college advisory business and a much more competitive atmosphere, and that’s how it’s different from years ago. The people have definitely changed. Kids creating nonprofits were almost unheard of and now are a dime a dozen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you allowed to drink Pepsi?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume you're older and did not attend college recently. If so, your experience, while great for you, will provide zero insight into today's college scene. There is a reason that it is much harder to get into schools now. Harvard's acceptance rate when I applied to college was the same as UVA's now. What you listed in your post regarding activities is not really the "off the charts" amazing that is expected now for just good (not the best) schools. Do you think you'd even get into MIT now?

I don't know why you think OP wouldn't get accepted to MIT. You would be surprised how many "normal" kids are accepted to these schools.

The problem is the kids that get the press fall into the rarefied group where their chances of acceptance were actually like 90%...not 5%. Those are the kids that admissions accepts upon a 15-minute review...they never traverse into the "maybe" category.

They get all the press attention which then skews the perception for everyone.

Has any truly normal kid ever really gone to MIT? Normal kids go to UMCP, Tulane, etc. Kids who view math as a sport go to MIT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I assume you're older and did not attend college recently. If so, your experience, while great for you, will provide zero insight into today's college scene. There is a reason that it is much harder to get into schools now. Harvard's acceptance rate when I applied to college was the same as UVA's now. What you listed in your post regarding activities is not really the "off the charts" amazing that is expected now for just good (not the best) schools. Do you think you'd even get into MIT now?

I don't know why you think OP wouldn't get accepted to MIT. You would be surprised how many "normal" kids are accepted to these schools.

The problem is the kids that get the press fall into the rarefied group where their chances of acceptance were actually like 90%...not 5%. Those are the kids that admissions accepts upon a 15-minute review...they never traverse into the "maybe" category.

They get all the press attention which then skews the perception for everyone.

Has any truly normal kid ever really gone to MIT? Normal kids go to UMCP, Tulane, etc. Kids who view math as a sport go to MIT.

Now…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Spin off that other thread.

I was one of only 100 kids to get it (2 from each state). I was picked by the local bottlers association.

I met who became and still is my best friend from MIT (I convinced her to come with me).

My parents weren't involved in any of it, but I did have a college coach. I started an organization at our school, was the VP of another, did crazy amounts of community service with the Red Cross and other organizations. I won multiple national business competitions and awards.

I won many scholarships and it resulted in my financial aid being taken away. So I did all that work for nothing. It was the first of many life lessons in failure at MIT.

You still had the honor.

Of course, if your need went away, the need based aid should go away.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t coca-cola a modern day equivalent of cigarettes and big tobacco? Contributing to chronic health problems and human disease, like getting a scholarship from Philip Morris?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t coca-cola a modern day equivalent of cigarettes and big tobacco? Contributing to chronic health problems and human disease, like getting a scholarship from Philip Morris?

Dirty money scholarship

[Anonymous]

Shame on you OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t coca-cola a modern day equivalent of cigarettes and big tobacco? Contributing to chronic health problems and human disease, like getting a scholarship from Philip Morris?

Dirty money scholarship

Oh please. It is not tobacco. It is fine in moderation.