Character/Talent

[Anonymous]

How do colleges figure out those two qualities of students?

[Anonymous]

they don't

[Anonymous]

Character they can only try to glean from recommendations and essays.

Academic talent from transcript and test scores

[Anonymous]

Recommendations and interviews

Transcripts, test scores, portfolios, awards

[Anonymous]

If I was on college admission I will use:
Volunteer work
EC
Recommendations
Award

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I was on college admission I will use:
Volunteer work
EC
Recommendations
Award

There are enough fake charities and social service kids out there. Why would you want to exacerbate that? When did college become about social justice showmanship vs a place where smart kids can go to get an education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was on college admission I will use:
Volunteer work
EC
Recommendations
Award

There are enough fake charities and social service kids out there. Why would you want to exacerbate that? When did college become about social justice showmanship vs a place where smart kids can go to get an education?

+100
So sick of kids volunteering only to pad the resume. Race to nowhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was on college admission I will use:
Volunteer work
EC
Recommendations
Award

There are enough fake charities and social service kids out there. Why would you want to exacerbate that? When did college become about social justice showmanship vs a place where smart kids can go to get an education?

+100
So sick of kids volunteering only to pad the resume. Race to nowhere.

Worse than that, it is a luxury of the rich/upper middle class. I know someone that donated a lot of money to a non-profit so his child could get a prestigious sounding internship. My I get why the Non-profit did it: money and free work. But -- the colleges do not know about the donation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they don't

LOL

I don't agree (completely) but I think this is funny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If I was on college admission I will use:
Volunteer work
EC
Recommendations
Award

There are enough fake charities and social service kids out there. Why would you want to exacerbate that? When did college become about social justice showmanship vs a place where smart kids can go to get an education?

+100
So sick of kids volunteering only to pad the resume. Race to nowhere.

Worse than that, it is a luxury of the rich/upper middle class. I know someone that donated a lot of money to a non-profit so his child could get a prestigious sounding internship. My I get why the Non-profit did it: money and free work. But -- the colleges do not know about the donation.

Yes they do. Do you think these admissions officers are idiots? They would not know of a specific donation but they are well aware of the opportunities for fancy internships afforded wealthy students.

That said. THere is ample community service that can be sought out, and performed with distinction by kids from average families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do colleges figure out those two qualities of students?

what makes you think they try?

[Anonymous]

Searching social media profiles. Doesn’t show good character but does surface bad judgment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do colleges figure out those two qualities of students?

what makes you think they try?

I was looking at comparative colleges common data set .
They put the this as very important:
High School course Challenge
GPA
SAT/ACT Score
Essay
Recommendations
EC
Character/ Talent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do colleges figure out those two qualities of students?

what makes you think they try?

I was looking at comparative colleges common data set .
They put the this as very important:
High School course Challenge
GPA
SAT/ACT Score
Essay
Recommendations
EC
Character/ Talent

um.. okay. I guess talent (artistic, musical etc.) is pretty easy to determine. Character is nearly impossible.

[Anonymous]

Per that list I would think talent = something extra special, sport star or other noteworthy talent and character = things like the March for Our Lives kids or maybe the kid who raised their 13 siblings. These types of talent/character have distinguished those kids as the type of person the school is interested in.