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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The A+B examples are relevant to this entire discussion. That poster got sidetracked.

Is there a specific example of an over packaged applicant? Maybe those Polygence or Pioneer research pay to play programs.

Not sure what else screams packaging.[/quote]

"Packaged" is like "woke". They're terms that were created to prejudge someone negatively. It's hard to define them, since they might mean something a little different to each person. But to me, packaged means that I can tell someone was guiding the applicant to try and inflate their worth and it's a little too obvious. The really valuable candidates might or might not be strategically advised by an adult, but it's fine regardless since they achieve really wonderful things. The "packaged" ones are the ersatz who try to look like highly valuable candidates but you can see through the cracks that they're not. As you said, maybe their resume has pay-to-play programs made to look like highly selective experiences. Maybe there's a recommendation by a Senator, who clearly doesn't know the kid very well. Overpackaged means their profile is full of stuff like that, and it gets offensive. Like, who do they take the admissions officer for?

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