Reply to State school admissions should not be wholistic

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "State school admissions should not be wholistic"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, basically OP’s kid had good grades, no material extra-curricular and no story that they could articulate that made them standout from other academic bots.  Reasonable summary?[/quote]

This. We hear variations of this all the time here:

“TO should be banned,” so says the parent of a kid who tested well.

“1580 first try,” so says the parent looking sideways at a super scoring kid.

“1560, top 5% of class, denied/deferred?!??” So says parent of a kid who isn’t well rounded.

“Those ECs are a dime a dozen…they want a kid who can stand out. My kid stood out by x, y, z…” says the parent of a kid with good ECs.

“They should make essays done in person to stop AI use and/or adults helping,” so says parent of a strong writer.

Etc etc etc. everyone wants what helps their kid emphasized and what hurts their kid eliminated. [/quote]

There are global norms, particularly for state schools. and those global norms almost never include lacrosse, legacy, donations, family connections, what you did during summer vacation, or what expensive extracurricular activity you engaged in.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics