What annoys college admissions recruiters the most?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My informed in an admissions office at an Ivy. He said that they would laugh at people who were dumb enough to say things that indicated selfishness.

This is funny since Ivies have educated some of most sociopathic, self centered people in politics. It appears they like self-serving liars very much.

I'm reminded of this every time Vance. DeSantis and Trump open their mouth. I don't think the "best" colleges want the best members of society: the non-shiny kids who work hard, are reliable, do things because they are the right thing to do and not to impress with a crafted agenda. I also think most people are impressed by bullshitters and really terrible at weeding them out.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Once I read that AOs were impressed by the certified elephant whispered (aka, that day long certification during a one week, 6k student tour of Thailand) and doubted the kid who worked 20 hours a week, I stopped caring what they thought and just told my kid to be honest. And realize it's a lot of bullshit.

Dont let them tell you different, they LOVE "passion projects". They just don't know them when they see them. The 20k counselor is calling it a passion project, but AOs just see a "great!" activity list that "really tells a story!"

Barf

What in the world are you talking about? AOs like students. Most aren't expecting anything unusual when it comes to activities. Join a club. Get a job. Play an instrument. Have a hobby. It's all fine.

Stop believing these random stories on the internet.

A very typical path to AO is a humanities degree followed by an entry level job in an admissions office for a very low pay. The people who can afford this usually come from “good” families and can’t fathom a kid working 20 hrs/week.

BINGO! They are out of touch with reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once I read that AOs were impressed by the certified elephant whispered (aka, that day long certification during a one week, 6k student tour of Thailand) and doubted the kid who worked 20 hours a week, I stopped caring what they thought and just told my kid to be honest. And realize it's a lot of bullshit.

Dont let them tell you different, they LOVE "passion projects". They just don't know them when they see them. The 20k counselor is calling it a passion project, but AOs just see a "great!" activity list that "really tells a story!"

Barf

What in the world are you talking about? AOs like students. Most aren't expecting anything unusual when it comes to activities. Join a club. Get a job. Play an instrument. Have a hobby. It's all fine.

Stop believing these random stories on the internet.

A very typical path to AO is a humanities degree followed by an entry level job in an admissions office for a very low pay. The people who can afford this usually come from “good” families and can’t fathom a kid working 20 hrs/week.

BINGO! They are out of touch with reality.

Tell us your kid didn’t get in without telling us your kid didn’t get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My informed in an admissions office at an Ivy. He said that they would laugh at people who were dumb enough to say things that indicated selfishness.

This is funny since Ivies have educated some of most sociopathic, self centered people in politics. It appears they like self-serving liars very much.

I'm reminded of this every time Vance. DeSantis and Trump open their mouth. I don't think the "best" colleges want the best members of society: the non-shiny kids who work hard, are reliable, do things because they are the right thing to do and not to impress with a crafted agenda. I also think most people are impressed by bullshitters and really terrible at weeding them out.

You can add Kerry, Schumer, both Clintons, Cory Booker, Nadler….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once I read that AOs were impressed by the certified elephant whispered (aka, that day long certification during a one week, 6k student tour of Thailand) and doubted the kid who worked 20 hours a week, I stopped caring what they thought and just told my kid to be honest. And realize it's a lot of bullshit.

Dont let them tell you different, they LOVE "passion projects". They just don't know them when they see them. The 20k counselor is calling it a passion project, but AOs just see a "great!" activity list that "really tells a story!"

Barf

What in the world are you talking about? AOs like students. Most aren't expecting anything unusual when it comes to activities. Join a club. Get a job. Play an instrument. Have a hobby. It's all fine.

Stop believing these random stories on the internet.

A very typical path to AO is a humanities degree followed by an entry level job in an admissions office for a very low pay. The people who can afford this usually come from “good” families and can’t fathom a kid working 20 hrs/week.

Pretty much.

And these young well-to-do, mostly women, aren't always as leftie as you'd think. If you want to take a political angle, think:

Josh Hawley - Stanford
Jared Kushner - Harvard
Ted Cruz - Princeton
Blake Masters - Stanford
Tom Cotton - Harvard
Ron DeSantis - Yale
Steve Bannon - Harvard
George Bush - Yale
Donald Trump - Penn
Donald Trump Jr - Penn
Ivanka Trump - Penn
Tiffany Trump - Penn

The Admissions Officers at Penn really do distinguish themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once I read that AOs were impressed by the certified elephant whispered (aka, that day long certification during a one week, 6k student tour of Thailand) and doubted the kid who worked 20 hours a week, I stopped caring what they thought and just told my kid to be honest. And realize it's a lot of bullshit.

Dont let them tell you different, they LOVE "passion projects". They just don't know them when they see them. The 20k counselor is calling it a passion project, but AOs just see a "great!" activity list that "really tells a story!"

Barf

What in the world are you talking about? AOs like students. Most aren't expecting anything unusual when it comes to activities. Join a club. Get a job. Play an instrument. Have a hobby. It's all fine.

Stop believing these random stories on the internet.

A very typical path to AO is a humanities degree followed by an entry level job in an admissions office for a very low pay. The people who can afford this usually come from “good” families and can’t fathom a kid working 20 hrs/week.

Pretty much.

And these young well-to-do, mostly women, aren't always as leftie as you'd think. If you want to take a political angle, think:

Josh Hawley - Stanford
Jared Kushner - Harvard
Ted Cruz - Princeton
Blake Masters - Stanford
Tom Cotton - Harvard
Ron DeSantis - Yale
Steve Bannon - Harvard
George Bush - Yale
Donald Trump - Penn
Donald Trump Jr - Penn
Ivanka Trump - Penn
Tiffany Trump - Penn

The Admissions Officers at Penn really do distinguish themselves.

You think the AOs made the decisions on those special cases?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once I read that AOs were impressed by the certified elephant whispered (aka, that day long certification during a one week, 6k student tour of Thailand) and doubted the kid who worked 20 hours a week, I stopped caring what they thought and just told my kid to be honest. And realize it's a lot of bullshit.

Dont let them tell you different, they LOVE "passion projects". They just don't know them when they see them. The 20k counselor is calling it a passion project, but AOs just see a "great!" activity list that "really tells a story!"

Barf

What in the world are you talking about? AOs like students. Most aren't expecting anything unusual when it comes to activities. Join a club. Get a job. Play an instrument. Have a hobby. It's all fine.

Stop believing these random stories on the internet.

A very typical path to AO is a humanities degree followed by an entry level job in an admissions office for a very low pay. The people who can afford this usually come from “good” families and can’t fathom a kid working 20 hrs/week.

Pretty much.

And these young well-to-do, mostly women, aren't always as leftie as you'd think. If you want to take a political angle, think:

Josh Hawley - Stanford
Jared Kushner - Harvard
Ted Cruz - Princeton
Blake Masters - Stanford
Tom Cotton - Harvard
Ron DeSantis - Yale
Steve Bannon - Harvard
George Bush - Yale
Donald Trump - Penn
Donald Trump Jr - Penn
Ivanka Trump - Penn
Tiffany Trump - Penn

The Admissions Officers at Penn really do distinguish themselves.

You think the AOs made the decisions on those special cases?

Shhhh, they need someone to blame and they need it to be someone “lesser.”

[Anonymous]

None of us will ever know as we are not admissions recruiters. Right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Outside of insufficient information on applications, bad essays, anything else?

Rose scented resumes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My informed in an admissions office at an Ivy. He said that they would laugh at people who were dumb enough to say things that indicated selfishness.

What? Try this again.............