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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand this. Aren't admissions more competitive than ever? Aren't these the superhuman students who aced the hardest classes, scored extremely highly on SATs, had very time-consuming ECs....? We are told nobody has a chance at these schools, and yet, those who are actually there, can't read a book? How is this possible.[/quote]

bc kids lie on the apps.

I mean columbia's app makes you list all the books you've read in the last 2 years...[/quote]

I love that they still do this! When I applied it also asked what magazines we read. I’m sure they saw my list and were like “this girl has no concept of discernment” and took me on as an intellectual charity case.

I was accepted but didn’t attend until grad school, but as a kid whose mom was always telling me to put books and magazines down and do a chore or go outside, I loved the idea of institutionally-sanctioned reading. [/quote]

It’s actually completely stupid.

My chikd was asked to do the same thing and at orientation asked them to name the book they read most recently.

It happened to be Harry Potter. Why? Because their cousin’s Mother had just died. My sister-in-law. So they spent the summer reading Harry Potter to their children.

It was so interesting. When asked what is the book you’re reading this summer they easily answered Harry Potter.. Then they were judged in ways that was insane. And of course, finally they said I don’t always read books for myself. Sometimes I read them for my nieces.

She never mentioned that our aunt had just passed away. [/quote]

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