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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There was an old thread on here - but was locked or deleted - on a TJ kid whose profile was reviewed on a podcast - former Yale AO I think.

Eye-opening how brutal the process is.[/quote]

think it was this one. You can see why the TJ kid had a mediocre unconnected application, notwithstanding top stats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-9A4eyDoG8[/quote]

Does anyone else think the entire process is a load of BS?  [/quote]

In what way? The whole "tell us a story", make yourself compelling, tie everything together and be memorable?

Or something else?[/quote]

NP.  It sounds like they want the TJ kid to have the equivalent of a math Ph.d before applying to university. They don't seem to understand much about economics or math, and then focus on whether the written statements make them smile.  I worked as an economist and a huge percentage of my colleagues were engineering, physics, chemistry and math majors who switched to economics as post grads. They never even considered econ in high school.

The AOs seem to enjoy the power they have as AOs. A lot of the ones we encountered when touring colleges majored in subjects that didn't allow them to make big money elsewhere, and being an AO gave them some status

Can you apply to college and say you're interested in anthropology or actuarial accounting when these things aren't even subjects in high school? Can you say you want to explore new subjects and discover your life's purpose without already having undertaken post grad level research in these subjects as a 17 year old.

I'm not surprised that another poster's high scoring kid is going to the UK.[/quote]

Honestly, the kid picked the wrong math major: "Economics and Mathematics" was not the right major for this kid - and I think the kid mentions "economics" in only one short-answer.

Huge miss on this kid's part. Parents - review the major selection if you don't have a counselor!!! You must have "evidence for major" everywhere (transcript; awards; ECs; and supplemental essays).[/quote]

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