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[quote=Anonymous]Loved the Gawker article. One of the responses hit home, though.

Colleges DO tell you to "just be yourself" because, they claim, they can instantly distinguish between those coveted kids with strong "passions" and the kids who are just going through the necessary motions to pad their college resumes. These are 17-year-olds we're talking about, who may not be able to find their english binders let alone their passions, but never mind, let's move on. At least there is more solid evidence (contrary to what Weiss writes) that colleges are not impressed when your parents fork out $4,000 to send you on a well-organized group tour of some 3rd World hell-hole. In any case, the repeated message from colleges is that following your bliss is the surest route to dazzling achievements in your "passion."

None of which excuses Suzy Weiss, who with three siblings who had gone through this before her, undoubtedly knew about the need to pad your college resume, passion or no passion. Like others here, I too saw veiled attacks on diversity.[/quote]

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