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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmmmm. Interesting. Are there examples of the "variance"?

Like I know from our HS, there are many poli sci/political activist type students, who I can imagine all blend together (working on campaigns, in govt, wanting to be lawyers, newspaper writers, and mock trial/MUN/debate, etc.).

For a kid like that, just having a summer job mucking horse stalls and volunteering at a barn instead of another Capitol Hill internship might be differentiating.

Or is that the wrong variance?[/quote]

No, this is a good example.

Assume they all have really high GPAs and SAT scores. They probably all have at least one varsity sport and a leadership position. Then the mucking of horse stalls is a good differentiator. [/quote]

Yeah, I think anything that breathes life into the application often helps. So much advice just makes the application look like a brand campaign: This why I want to study this specific subject at this specific school and here is the stuff that proves that I will excel at it and add value to the school.

If you don’t have anything in that package that differentiates you from the others with that same package you are unlikely to be selected. You might be better off emphasizing something more off-beat or surprising. But this all depends on the luck of the person reading the application aligning with that view at the moment they read the application. [/quote]

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