Example for those looking |
I found this comical. A lot of activities in the list are marshmallow fluff. Greeting visitors at a front desk has nothing to do with environmental. designed a rooftop herb garden? minimally relevant dog walking? If I am AO, I don't see this fictional applicant to be serious about environmental studies. I can immediately see through this "narrative" and find a person who is unmotivated to look deeper into the subject matter. |
Normal relatable high school students should have some marshmallow fluff. Lighten up a bit. |
Agree. A lot of kids get rejected because they’re trying too hard to be robotic adults and have unbelievable achievements for an 18-year-old. Do normal things. Do them really well. Have passion and purpose. Authenticity matters. |
No. I saw that the source of this fictional student is from Command Education, a counseling service from nyc. It's just not good advice. The fictional student could engage in really basic activities, e.g., through independent studies. For example, spend some time in the summer to look at the waste in the city. If she took Chemistry, she could check water quality in local community. These are normal high school student activities. In Command Education's example, it's all marshmallow fluff, no substance. |
And I find this comment unmotivated to think critically & holistically. For example: Designing a roof top herb garden is fundamentally the intersection of art & environmental science/ecology (and engineering, assuming the roof garden wasn't existing in some form. Roof gardens can be heavy & require re-enforcement). It's called Landscape Architecture. |
The problem is, when a counseling service puts this up as a gimmick on their website, everyone is reading this and discussing this like it's Bible. Then AOs will see hundreds of thousands of "intersection" fluff in the application cycle. The only outcome is that AOs will be sick and tired of this. If this is the first time it's been used, I agree it's quite interesting. You need to think more critically. Do you really think if this shit does the trick, Command Education would put it up on the website? No! |
WTF. She's an art student. Your strategy would make her a STEM student. Auto failure in T20 admissions. You have NO idea what you are talking about. and don't understand how AO think. |
Its not just command though.
Everyone likes the "intersection" play now. And tbh, it worked for one of my kids. Will have to see if it works for my other one. I helps make your kid really unique and niche. I mean no one wants to see another pre-med kid shadowing a doctor and doing mind-numbing data research. Its just not interesting to the vast majority of readers who don't have that background. This kid - and others like her - are really interesting, relatable and her bio is realistic for a non-nerdy kid. My kids are at a top non-DMV private: this is what the kids do, and look like. And they get into top (T10) with bios like this and of course, top stats. I take anything command, crimson, ivywise, and the others say with a grain of salt. But some of them have free material that was helpful to learn about how to market yourself. this example is really just a marketing example. |
I honestly wonder at this point if the way to stand out in all this dreck is just to have normal 1990s type high school activities. |
Art student? T20? Are you fxxking serious? With her fictional art accomplishment, it's an auto-reject in any of the T20s if she applied as an "art student." lol |
Maybe. But perhaps she had a portfolio? Who cares? btw, my kid got into T10 as an art student (double major). Do you know how many colleges have an Art major? Art Theory & Practice, Studio Art, Fine Art..... and most of them need students..... That portfolio/expressed interest can be a big factor. |
You’re an idiot. Some of the best art programs are at T20 schools—Yale and CMU. |
agree 100% |
You need to take a chill pill. Of course T20 have some of the best art programs, very hard to get in. The problem is her fictional art accomplishment is not enough for any of the T20 art program admission. |