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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This reddit post was eye-opening:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1k1v6b3/the_college_admissions_process_is_baffling/[/quote]

Another dumb reddit post. Nothing new. Some kids get rejected, some get accepted. Usually not an issue unless it's a URM and someone has a grievance.[/quote]

I thought he showed a lot of self-reflection actually. With surprising results. There was one GREAT comment explaining the baffling results....not sure if this person is in admissions or not:

"Because kids get brain rotted on reddit thinking that they understand how college admissions actually works when y'all have no clue. They don't care about easy vs hard APs, that is something that exists on reddit. There is no threshold ACT or GPA that makes you "safe". Counting ECs is pretty pointless. College applications are well rounded and are trying to get a picture of who the student is.

And no, that's not different than a job. Jobs do interviews. Some colleges do as well. If your jobs hiring committee had to accept a few hundred to a few thousand people every single year, you better believe they'd be having people write essays. By the way, have you ever heard of a cover letter?

You don't know everything about your friends applications, even if you think you do. From your post alone, I don't know your friends test scores, I don't know if they applied to stupid colleges compared to your choices, I have no idea what your USC buddy actually does that you don't count as EC that a school might, I couldn't really care less if someone got a C in math once, it's pathetic that you even know that. It's not your business. It's okay that you don't understand why admissions make their choices, why are you ranting like it's your problem, or that it's a problem at all? Congrats dude, you did bad in high school and will struggle in college, that has nothing to do with your friends. I'm glad you apparently have good persuasive writing.

Colleges want to create a good academic environment. They look for balance. You need good enough grades, good enough test scores, and then there's a million things that make it impossible for an outside eye to weigh students. They like athletes, they like leadership roles, yeah. They also like when kids have cohesive ECs that speak to their intended major- but then, if that major has too many robotics captains trying to come in to do CS, then it might be a problem. Programs aren't created equally. Colleges have been known to attempt to figure out a students character through their writing or interviews, it's literally one of Harvard's admissions pillars in their own website. You know what else they prioritize heavily? Letters of recommendation, something I don't think your post even mentioned.

It has never been a game of just take the highest numbers. It is subjective. It's not really your place to have a problem with it."[/quote]

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